Iran's handmade carpet exports decline by 20 pct in 7 months

Merchants discuss carpet business at an old carpet bazaar in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 8, 2018. Iran exported 176 million U.S. dollars worth of hand-woven carpets during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22), which shows a 20 percent fall compared with the corresponding period of last year, Eghtesadonline news website reported on Dec. 4, 2018. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)