Shahr-e Kord, March 30, IRNA – The deputy head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Charmahal and Bakhtiari Province, southwestern Iran, said that the province has exported $109,000 worth of handicraft over the past Iranian year.

Mehrdad Raeesi told IRNA that it mostly included traditional jewelry items, adding that they were mostly exported to Turkey, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), France and Germany.

The province has 12,000 handicraft artists who work in 52 fields, including carpet, kilim, giveh (kind of shoes), etc.

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