“A dealer in Tehran said that 70% of his carpets used to be sold to customers outside Iran. Now, it’s more like 10% — mostly Chinese or Russians, who are not bound by U.S. or European sanctions.”
We have a “Royal Isfahan” carpet from Iran that belonged to my husband’s granparents who bought it sometime around WW2. It goes with nothing in our rustic style home but it is absolutely beautiful and even after about eighty years of use it looks brand new!
I wonder if the Iranians still make carpets of this amazing quality or like everyone else are they just reselling cheap crap from China?