National Handicrafts Exhibition Underway Alongside Expo 2026

Fars Province's Deputy for Handicrafts announced a gathering of the country's handicrafts and tourism capacities at the National Handicrafts Exhibition, held alongside the Iran Export Capabilities Exhibition (Expo 2026).

According to the report of Aria Heritage, Majid Salimi, referring to the holding of the National Handicrafts Exhibition of the country at the same time as Expo 2026, said: This year, with a new initiative, we held these two events at the same time in order to introduce the capacities of the country's handicrafts and develop export opportunities in this area.

The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of Fars Province stated that different provinces of the country have been invited to introduce their export capabilities and added: In addition to the representatives of the provinces, unions, organizations and associations active in Fars Province are also present in this event and introduce the specialized capacities of handicrafts and tourism.

Referring to the establishment of booths in Mulla Sadra Hall, Salimi said: In this section, 38 booths have been allocated to the participants. Also, the special pavilion of Fars province was designed with the inspiration of Takht Jamshid architecture to have an effect appropriate to the historical background and cultural status of this province.

He continued: This pavilion with the declared area of 3450 square meters is a platform for introducing tourism capacities and luxurious handicrafts of the province, especially products that can be sold in export markets and earn foreign currency.

Referring to the presence of prominent artists and producers in the Fars Pavilion, the deputy of handicrafts of Fars province said: Manbat World City and two artists with international quality marks are present in this collection. Also, one of the active exporters in the field of painting, Anjuman Manbat, and the producers of Shiraz's luxurious Khatam products, including Ghariz Khatami brothers and Mrs. Sahmaldini, are participating in this event.

Salimi added: Mrs. Sahmaldini is one of the weavers who has won several national quality awards and one international award. Artists and producers have been selected to participate in this pavilion based on the quality of their works, their export capacity, and their ability to compete in the target markets.

He also informed about the periodic presence of tourism associations in the special booth of this pavilion and said: these associations introduce their capabilities, services and capacities in a dedicated space to provide more interaction between the activists of this field and to familiarize the audience with the tourism opportunities of the province.

The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts of Fars Province, referring to the continuation of the exhibition, announced: Those interested can visit different parts of the exhibition from 10:00 am to 18:30.

The National Handicrafts Exhibition is being held at the same time as Expo 2026, with the presence of artists, organizations and handicrafts and tourism activists of the country, and it provides an opportunity to introduce Iranian flagship products, strengthen commercial interactions and develop domestic and foreign markets for handicraft products.