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2023-01-11 11:52
Iran’s annual saffron production rises 20%
TEHRAN – Saffron production in Iran has increased by 20 percent in the current crop year as compared to the previous year, Head of Iran's Union of Sellers and Exporters of saffron Gholamreza Miri said.
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2022-11-22 14:27
Harvesting saffron in Marand
Marand County, in the northwestern East Azarbaijan province, is one of the largest producers of saffron in Iran.
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2022-11-11 20:00
Lorestan has untapped potential in agritourism, deputy governor-general says
TEHRAN–Lorestan has a well of untapped talent, which, through proper strategies, can accelerate development in agritourism, the deputy governor-general of the western province has said.
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2022-02-20 18:40
Saffron inhibits growth of cancer cells: study
TEHRAN – Researchers at Birjand University have obtained significant and effective results from the extracts of saffron petals and threads cultured organically to prevent the growth of cancer cells.
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2022-02-16 09:43
Monthly saffron export down 63% on year
TEHRAN- Iran’s export of saffron fell 63 percent in the previous Iranian calendar month (ended on January 20), as compared to the same month of the past year, a board member of Iran’s National Saffron Council told ILNA.
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2021-12-14 21:16
Ground broken for national museum of ‘red gold’
TEHRAN – Construction of a long-awaited national museum of saffron officially began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in the northeastern Qaenat region which is famed for its ‘red gold’.
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2021-12-10 14:15
Saffron harvest in Khuzestan
A young girl is picking saffron flowers in a rural district in southwestern Khuzestan province, December 7. Iranian saffron is known as the “red gold”. Every year, the saffron harvest season begins in early November. Major saffron producers of Iran are located on the east side of the country. The country exported $60 million of saffron during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22).
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2021-08-29 19:00
Lavish gifts: 10 souvenir ideas your family & friends will love
TEHRAN - Tired of bringing home the same old magnets and postcards from your trips? On your next trip to Iran, bring home something they’ll (or you’ll) not only love but also be able to make good use of.
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2021-01-03 17:45
Cultivating medicinal plants on pastures to be developed
TEHRAN – The Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization has prepared a plan for cultivating medicinal plants on 50,000 hectares area of pastures across the country.
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2020-12-06 22:09
‘Red gold’ farming to amplify tourism in southwestern Iran
TEHRAN- Saffron farming has been amplified in the tourist areas of the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province with the aim of developing agritourism in the region.
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2020-10-27 11:46
Farmers harvesting ‘red gold’ in northeast Iran
Photo depicts a farmer is pouring the newly-picked flowers of saffron crocus, commonly known as the red gold, into a sack in northeastern North Khorasan province, October 26, 2020.
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2020-10-03 15:41
Over $238m of facilities to be allocated for supporting saffron industry
TEHRAN – Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) has signed a multilateral memorandum of understanding (MOU) with three of the country’s banks on the allocation of 10 trillion rials (about $238.09 million) for supporting the saffron industry.
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2020-09-25 21:03
Iranian cuisine: Morasa Polo
Morasa Polo (Jewelled Rice) is an eye-catching Persian rice dish, which boasts an amalgam of delightful sweet and sour taste. To make it, vegetable materials such as carrots, almonds, raisins have been used.
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2020-08-31 15:10
TPO sets up special task force on saffron trade
TEHRAN- The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said that the organization has set up a special task force on the trade of saffron, the TPO portal published on Monday.
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2020-08-04 18:27
Survey to examine role of saffron in tourism development
TEHRAN – A case study is being carried out on the central city of Natanz to find out how saffron farming may contribute to the development of agritourism in the region.
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2020-05-16 18:03
Agritourism may shorten way to materialize 'Surge in Production’
TEHRAN - Agritourism, a relatively new branch of the travel industry in which tourists stay with local people in rural areas abroad, is deemed as a means to materialize the national goal of 'Surge in Production’.
