Persian carpet exports are tied to global market demands and customer preferences.

Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi termed support for Iraq as a religious duty, and underlined that seeds of discord among Muslims are sown by enemies.

Following Iran’s agreement to a request made by the Chemical Weapons Ban Organization for inspecting Iranian sites, a team of inspectors from the organization paid a visit to a petrochemical complex in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan from April 29 to May 3.