This week I watched two very different Iranian worlds depicted in the powerful medium of film: one reality meticulously masked as fiction, one semi-fiction frivolously packaged as reality.

TEHRAN, April 9 ( Bernama) -- Iran has developed plans to export as much as $1 billion worth of carpets this calendar year, which began on March 20, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) quoted the head of the National Carpet Center as saying.

“We will start with an introductory Indian form that can take from a few minutes to a few hours. Tonight we’ll play a few minutes,” announced Anoushka Shankar as she sat on a Persian carpet in the middle of the stage, surrounded by her ensemble of Indian and Flamenco musicians.

Claremont Rug Company (www.claremontrug.com) today announced the availability of a new, 28-page brochure which features 29 important, art-level 19th century Oriental rugs available at the Gallery. Persian Hadji Jallili Tabriz (left), 11ft. x 17ft .7in., late 19th century. This elite oversize antique Oriental carpet employs subtle, continual color shifts and a myriad of delicately drawn motifs ...

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Tesselaar Plants has plant-by number recipes from container design pros.

MANNINGHAM'S Iranian community is joining a Melbourne-wide celebration of its heritage.

Danny Mehra, who has been collecting carpets for 30 years, talks about the intrinsic differences between work from all over the world

Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. Persian Hadji Jallili Tabriz (left), 11ft. x 17ft .7in., late 19th century. This elite oversize antique Oriental carpet employs subtle, continual color shifts and a myriad of delicately drawn motifs. Caucasian "Memling Gul" Kazak (right), 4ft .6in. x 8ft. 7in., approximately 150 years old. This high ...

NEW YORK – An initial roster of 26 Exhibitors have been announced for the eighth annual New York International Carpet Show, according to Dennis Dodds, owner and manager of NYICS. The show is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 9 to Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 at 7 W 34 th St. here.