'Persian' rug is used as a generic term for hand knotted rugs of certain design - not just those from Iran. Oriental rug would be more accurate term (and is used). Most rugs of this type are made in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
I said you need a citation. It appears you don't know what that means, because this is not a citation.
Here [1] is a citation which quite explicitly says:
"A Persian rug is one that is made specifically in Iran by skilled artisans. [...] A rug made in Turkey, Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Pakistan, India, or Nepal is not considered to be a Persian rug."
So, please do your part to stop spreading false information.
I think the personal attacks are rather uncalled for. It is extremely common for people to call oriental rugs as 'persian' rugs. Even wiki disagrees with your very limited view of what is a Persian rug [1]. To quote:
A Persian carpet (Middle Persian: bōb, Persian: فرش farsh, meaning "to spread"; sometimes قالی qālī) is a heavy textile, made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purpose, produced in Iran and surrounding areas which once belonged to the Persian Empire, for home use, local sale, and export
This article is about Persian rugs that are produced specifically in Iran, not the looser definition of "Persian" rug you're using, so I think you should make that context clear in the OP.
I think most people buying a rug would be hard pressed to know where it originated. My op post was about my personal feelings about buying new rugs - as the article explains it won't be even an option to buy a true new Persian rug soon.
