Establishment of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization:

With the approval of the Supreme Administrative Council in the one hundred and thirty-third session dated 1/16/85 in order to strengthen and develop the country's handicrafts and create coordination with the tourism industry development policies, the Iranian Handicrafts Organization with all duties, powers, legal responsibilities, assets Commitments, credits, facilities and manpower were extracted from the Ministry of Industries and Mines and merged into the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization and renamed the "Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization".