1.   At the back of the synagogue, a pair of Persian carpets hangs alongside the cabinet that houses the Torah scrolls.

2.   In my eyes it was a Persian carpet.

3.   Rachaela put her foot on the red Persian carpet and started up, out of the scarlet ambience of the lamp.

4.   The patterns show every lace doily, rose window or Persian carpet you can imagine.

5.   Americans will soon be able once again to buy Persian carpets, Caspian caviar, and pistachio nuts from the fields of Iran.

6.   A gabbeh is a Persian carpet woven with bright wools in patterns that relate a story.

7.   A large bouquet of fresh flowers decorated the lobby and sitting room, with their dark wood walls, Victorian furniture and lush Persian carpets.

8.   Cesar Borges, a spokesman for Mendonca de Barros, also said Persian carpets were justified at the Communications Ministry, since foreign visitors dropped in there.

9.   Exporters of Persian carpets complain the resurgent rial has priced them out of overseas markets.

10.   For four centuries, Iranians have been exporting Persian carpets, considered the best in the world.