Iran Clothing Industry

Iran Fashion Industry Directory: learn about apparel, textiles & fashion from Iran.

Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. With more than 80 million inhabitants, Iran is one of the world's most populous countries, ranking among the twenty most populous nations. Its territory is the second largest country in the Middle East and the 17th largest in the world. A home market of that size, spread across a large territory with Tehran as its capital and largest city, supports a substantial domestic clothing trade: most Iranian apparel production serves Iranian shoppers, and the country's textile mills, carpet workshops and garment makers work first of all for the home market.

Textiles are among the oldest industries in Iran. Hand-knotted Persian carpets are the best known product worldwide: carpets have been woven for centuries in city workshops and regional centers, and names such as Kashan, Tabriz, Isfahan and Qom each stand for their own weaving tradition, patterns and color palettes. Qom is particularly associated with silk carpets, and silk weaving and brocade have a long history alongside the carpet trade. Cotton is the other foundation fiber: cotton growing and cotton cloth production are long established, and cotton fabrics feed both the carpet industry's warps and the country's clothing factories.

Iran Fashion Industry Companies

Sorry, at this time we do not display listings for companies in Iran.

Because no company listings are shown here, this page works as a background guide to the Iranian industry rather than a directory of individual firms. The sections below cover the country's textile heritage, the shape of its modern clothing industry, and the neighboring country directories where Apparel Search does list companies. Businesses considering trade with Iran should check the import and export regulations that currently apply before placing orders, as trade rules change over time.

Textile Heritage: Carpets, Silk and Cotton

The Persian carpet is a textile first and a floor covering second: a hand-knotted pile fabric whose wool, and in finer pieces silk, is dyed and knotted knot by knot onto a woven warp. City carpets from workshops in Kashan, Isfahan and Tabriz are known for fine knotting and elaborate medallion designs, while tribal and village weavings use bolder geometric patterns. Silk weaving and gold-thread brocade, used for garments and ceremonial cloth, grew up in the same craft centers. That heritage still shapes how the world buys Iranian textiles: the carpet remains the country's signature textile export and the reference point for its reputation in woven goods.

The Clothing Industry Today

Modern Iranian apparel manufacturing grew up to dress a large and young home market. Tehran, the capital, is the commercial center of the trade, home to wholesalers, fabric merchants and garment workshops, and its Grand Bazaar has long been a hub for textiles and clothing distribution. Mashhad, the major city of the northeast named among this directory's founding topics alongside Tehran, is another regional center for trade. Between them, the industry spans spinning and weaving mills producing cotton and blended fabrics, knitters, and clothing factories making everyday garments for domestic retailers. Traditional dress and contemporary fashion sit side by side in that market, so factories produce both modern ready-to-wear and garments cut for local custom.

Reading Apparel Search in Other Languages

If you would like to read the Apparel Search fashion website in Arabic, Azerbaijani, Persian, Turkish, Urdu or another language, you can visit the language translations page. Persian is the official language of Iran, Azerbaijani is widely spoken in the northwest of the country, and Arabic, Turkish and Urdu connect this page to readers across the wider region covered by the World of Clothing directories.