MNA Head of Department of Agriculture Ministry announced that 220,000 tons of pistachios to be harvested in Iran this year. According to Hossein Rezaie, 28,000 tons of pistachios are to be harvested in Rafsanjan, Kerman Province, southeast of Iran this year. Rafsanjan produces 30 percent of Irans pistachios, he said. Pistachio orchardists ...

Press TV - Producers of Gaz, a famous candy from Irans cultural capital of Isfahan, are recouping losses at a rapid pace thanks to a steep fall in the price of pistachio. A Thursday report by the IRIB showed that Gaz shops in Isfahan, where over 90 percent of the nougat is produced, were being frequented by customers after more than two years of ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) Iranian researchers from Isfahan University of Technology used pistachio shells to produce carbon active with new nanostructural properties applicable in production of purification filters. The most important application of carbon active is in the separation of undesired smell, color and tastes from water at home and in ...

Tehran, September 15, The Iran Project The city of Damghan will host the second National Festival of Iranian pistachios soon, said theheadof DamghansCultural Heritage,Handicraftsand Tourism Organization. Theheadof DamghansCultural Heritage,Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masumeh Davoudian, announced on Tuesday that the 2nd National Festival ...

[caption id="attachment_13555" align="alignright" width="194"] Iran exports 171,119 tons of pistachio with 71% rise.[/caption] TEHRAN: An official in Iranian Agriculture Ministry, said that Iran exported 171,119 tons of pistachio valued at over $1.5 billion in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year, a 71 percent rise compared ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has ordered a six-month ban on pistachio exports to try to control the price of the nut, which doubled in the past month. Pistachios are among Iran's top non-oil exports and widely consumed at home, bringing in an average of $1.5 billion a year and providing work for hundreds of thousands of people. Iran was long the world's ...

Iran and the United States have been at odds for decades over a variety of issues. But competition between the two countries over pistachio production has apparently become a matter of national pride. Iran has long been the worlds largest producer of pistachios. TheAssociated Presssays pistachios are among the nations top non-oil exports, with production ...

The Iranian government lifted a six- month ban on the export of pistachio nuts that was introduced to curb price rises,Donya-e-Eqtesadreported, citing officials. The ban, imposed last week, was lifted on condition that pistachios be made available to local consumers at suitable prices, deputy Commerce Minister Hamid Safdel said yesterday, the Tehran-...

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran exported 492 million U.S. dollars worth of pistachios in the first eight months of current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20, Tehran Times daily reported on Monday. The exports of Iranian pistachios showed 0.89 percent fall in value compared to the same period in the previous year, said the report. Pistachio ...