TEHRAN – Handicraft training workshops were held at Yaszi Prison in Kohiruye Boilamad, the state tourism director said.
Speaking on the bystanders of the inauguration ceremony at Yasuji Prison on Saturday, Mojtaba Amir-Hosseini said that it was taken in line with introducing the prisoners to empower them, creating jobs to prepare new opportunities for them, introducing products and selling, and introducing Miras Arrya (CHTN).
He said that holding these workshops will help improve living standards by lowering the rate of return to prison, teaching new skills and building incentive motivation.
Amir-Hosseini explained that female prisoners receive free weaving art at Kilim every year and added that they will receive a skill certificate.
Currently, a total of 13 cities and three villages in Iran are registered as “World City of Handicrafts of the World” by the World Council of Handicrafts of the World. The World Craft Council is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1964 to promote fellowships and promote economic development through income-generating craft-related activities, established to organize exchange programs, workshops, meetings and exhibitions.
Iran is ranked globally according to the number of cities and villages registered by the World Craft Council. Shiraz, for example, is named “The World City of (Diversified) Handicrafts,” while Malaleyya is a global hub of wood carved and carved wooden furniture, while Zanjan has won the title “Filigree World City.”
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