Financial Tribune- The head of the Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that no genetically modified product is made in the country. Only genetically modified soy and corn oil products have import permits, said Rasoul Dinarvand, IRNA reported. There is no genetically modified rice or wheat produced or imported into Iran, he clarified. Nearly ...

Iran is seeing its most vociferous outcry yet over the use of genetically-modified ingredients in food production. Opponents of food products with GMOs have recently elicited fatwas from top clerics, declaring commercial sale and cultivation of genetically-altered crops not permitted. Local media is at the center of the campaign, with Tasnim ...

Abbas Papizadeh, member of Iranian Parliament Committee on Agriculture, in an interview with Tasnim News talked about a clause in governments Sixth Development Plan on commercializing GM crops and stated: GM crops are a risk for peoples health and we had a long discussion about whether we must allow production of these crops or not while we were studying ...

Iran imported $5.5 billion of GM products last year, with head of the countrys organic association saying the imports are threatening the health of consumers. Reza Nourani of the Iranian Organic Associationappealed to the government to keep genetically modified products out of the food chain. A variety of GM products, chiefly rice and cooking ...