An Iranian official says the Islamic Republic's exports of hand-woven Persian carpets to China multiplied 12 times in the Iranian calendar year of 1389 (ending March 20, 2011) compared to the previous year.

Courtesy of : Press TV

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/192364.html

Bert van Dijk, Shanghai correspondent for Dutch paper Het Financieele Dagblad, tells us about what he saw at the Iran pavilion: "Iran wants to impress visitors with the supposedly high technologies that the country has developed. There is a model of a cloned goat to see, the first self-built satellite, a microscope, drugs against AIDS, a laser harp, and other complex machines

THIS WEEK IN SAN FRANCISCO: ANTIQUE ORIENTAL RUGS, TRIBAL ART SHOWS

11 October 2010

Courtesy of : San Francisco Sentinel
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=91433

San Francisco will host two internationally important art shows this week displaying some of the finest antique oriental rugs and tribal art.

Both shows give seasoned buyers, home decorators, collectors and beginners a first-hand opportunity to view and purchase directly from some of the world’s leading art dealers who will be displaying some of their best pieces because of San Francisco’s important reputation as the nation’s center of collecting textile and ethnographic arts.

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