Farmers start getting in Saffron

With more than 8,000 hectares of farming lands, Torbat-e Heydarieh, Khorasan Razavi province, is one of the biggest producers of saffron worldwide. The fields yield some 44 tons of saffron annually and create some 70,000 job opportunities. The saffron produced in Torbat-e Heydarieh is being exported to 45 countries. Photo by: Saeed Goli