Manual industries or handicrafts include carpet and gelim weaving, pottery, tile-making, inlaid works , engravings, enamelware , light summer shoes, woodcarvings and material weavings called termeh, shawl, karbas.

Commerce

Commerce and services are mostly prevalent in major and port cities. A major part of the working population is engaged in these fields. Tehran, Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Bandar-Abbas and Bandar-Anzali are Iran's major centers of commerce and trade.

Transportation

and, sea and air routes interconnect different parts of Iran and connect the country to the outside world. Iran's land routes (asphalt, non-asphalt and railroads) total 90 thousand km .
The country's railway network has been laid from north to south and from east to west of the country. As a result of the completion of Bafgh , Bandar-Abbas, and Mashhad-Sarakhs railroads, the network is now over 6000 km.Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman, the Karoun river (from Khorramshahr to Ahwaz), and the Arvand river comprise Iran's sea routes and waterways Kish and Qeshm Islands and the Chah-Bahar ports are nowadays the country's free trade zones. Iran's 5 international and 25 domestic airports transport people and cargo among major cities and other countries.