Iranians have a high ambition and generous behavior in their lives. They like living well and simple at the same time. Through many years, this way of thinking has led the Iranians to create many handmade works that are used in everyday life and have their own markets despite all many advances in making various products. Iranian handicrafts have a special position in the world. One of the evident characteristics that has put the handicrafts in such a position is the glorious reflection and splendors that the Iranian artists have understood them so that the colors and their combinations have deep philosophical, mystic and literary meanings in the Iranian handicrafts and traditional arts. The extensive tribal and cultural variety that exists in Iran is the reason why people of each Iranian tribe and race have made beautiful handicrafts according to the culture and conditions of the climate of the place they live in. For example carpets of each place of Iran has a special design; the design of Tabriz carpet has close relationship with the culture and art of Azeri people; carpet designs of Kashan, Qom, Esfahan and Kermany are mostly related to the thought of the people in desert and desert edges. Inlaid work and enamel dishes are the work of talented artists of Esfahan and Shiraz, and colorful coarse carpets are woven by women of tribes of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad and Ilam and Ardebil. Earthenware with prehistory impressions and designs are made by Kalpoorgan women in the heart of Sistan va Baloochestan desert, and beautiful and colorful earthenware with Islamic designs and impressions are made in Meybod and Lalejin. In fact Iran is the home to handicrafts, a land in which one can see an extensive variety of fascinating handmade works in each corner from Mazandaran Sea to Persian Gulf. Iran, Land of Festivals and Customs. Diverse tribes, religions and cultures in Iran have all made Iran a land of festivals and customs.

 Here you get familiar with the handicrafts and souvenirs of some provinces :

Located in Esfahan (a city of Esfahan province)

Located in Ardebil (a city of Ardebil province)

Ardabil province is well known for its carpets as well as sweets such as Halva. The souvenirs of the province are: wickerwork, wool hand-woven cloth, coarse rug, felt carpet, different metal and wooden works, inlaid, silver objects, earthenware, local shoes, and other handicrafts.

 The most important handicraft of the province is earthenware and ceramics, and a place called 'Lalejin' (30 km. north of Hamadan) is famous for this handicraft. Besides earthenware and ceramics, there are the followings - carpet and 'Kilim' weaving (or a coarse carpet), clothing (mainly to do with the nomads), 'jajeem' (or a loosely woven woolen material), leather work, 'geeveh' (a local foot-ware), sweet-meats and grape syrup.

Located in Kerman (a city of Kerman province)

The handicrafts and souvenirs of the province of Kerman are as follows:

A traditional embroidery known as patteh, carpets, rugs, jajeems, Kilims (a coarse carpet), satchels, and other hand woven articles. Caraway seeds and pistachio of Rafsanjan and Kerman are best of the main items of this province.