TEHRAN- “Iran exported $153 million of hand-woven carpets during the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21- September 22, 2017), showing an increase of 13 percent in terms of value,” IRIB new quoted Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran's National Carpet Center, as saying on Wednesday.

Iran’s exports of hand-woven carpets in the past Iranian calendar year 1395 (ending March 20, 2017) stood at $359 million, he added. 

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