About 400 tons of saffron are estimated to be produced in the current Iranian year (March 2016-17) from 90,000 hectares of land under saffron cultivation across the country to register a 15% increase compared with last year, a member of Irans National Saffron Council said. Some 300 tons of saffron can be exported. The US has recently resumed its ...

Irans saffron production will double over the next 10-15 years, says National Saffron Council member, Ali Hosseini. According to the official, domestic saffron production stands at about 300 tons in the current Iranian year (to end March 19), which is 43% more than last years yield. Presently, there is 80,000 hectares of land under saffron cultivation ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) Researchers of a knowledge-based company have developed a tracker to detect drugs and explosives. In an interview to Mehr News, Seyed Ali Hosseini, the inventor of the radar tracker in Gilan Science and Technology Park and Mazandaran Medical Sciences Center, said that the radar tracker was designed and built to detect drugs,...