The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inauguration of a large and unique handicraft market in Aqqola City in Golestan province.

According to The Iran Project, Ezzatollah Zarghami made the announcement at today's cabinet meeting.

Elaborating on the achievements of his recent trip to Golestan Province, the minister announced the opening of a large and unique handicraft market in Aqqola city in this province.

He further stressed preparing the ground for the direct supply of handicrafts by the producers themselves, who are mainly housewives and sometimes breadwinners.

The largest handicraft market in the north of the country with 60 booths was opened during the president's visit to the province, where almost all fields of handicrafts were present.

It is worth mentioning that Iran's handicraft is one of the most significant artistic industries that has deep roots in the culture and history of this land. Iranian handicraft has a very wide range of diversity and comes first in the world with a wide gap with other handicraft industries.