TEHRAN: Iran introduced Monday that weavers within the southern province of Fars had produced the arena’s greatest kilim rug, measuring a huge 105 sq m. The 7×15-metre kilim was once the handiwork of 7 skilled weavers and 3 assistants within the the town of Qirokarzin, stated Mohammad-Jafar Ebrahimi, the native cultural heritage leader, as quoted on state tv.

He stated it was once commissioned via the energy-rich Gulf state of Qatar. Kilims, which can be flat and now not knotted, have historically been woven via hand via nomads in Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, to be used in tents. In keeping with statistics supplied via state information company IRNA, the export of Iran’s world-renowned carpets elevate between $400 million and $500 million a yr. – AFP