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When hundreds of Iran’s car part manufacturers were invited to a dinner with senior officials this month, they expected to be reassured that the government would be taking action to save the automobile industry after the temporary lifting of international sanctions on the sector.
Instead, a weekend gathering organised by the Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association descended into chaos when 22 officials and vehicle manufacturers on the guest list failed to appear.
“We are not here to tell each other how miserable we are,” delegates yelled. “Where are the officials to listen to our complaints?”
Hundreds of Iran’s 2,000 or so car part producers have gone bankrupt or switched to other areas of manufacturing and thousands of workers have been laid off in the past two years amid crippling sanctions imposed over the country’s nuclear programme.
Saffron is the most precious valuable spice in the world. Its the labour intensive hand picking of the saffron crocuses that contributes to the price, the 3 stigmas of the female saffron crocus plant are separated, sorted and then dried. Each Saffron filament is one red stigma from the flower of the Crocus Sativa plant, and there are only 3 stigmas per flower.
The price of saffron varies according to the country of growth and the kind of harvest that prevailed that year, which in turn is dictated by the weather conditions. Iranian saffron is regarded by all food experts and professional chefs as the World number 1 saffron in terms of quality and strength.
Price also varies according to what cut of the saffron you get, this could be 100% red Sargol, semi-red Pushali or yellow Konge. The finest grade is the all red Sargol which has highest strength and color. Next is the Pushali which is red/orange color. Lowest grade is the Konge which is yellow and has lowest strength and color. You can also buy bunch saffron that includes every part of the flower filament.
Iranian kiwi fruit brand has good and excellent status among consumer countries So in spite of our rivals such as Italy and France and New Zealand, Iran country is exported kiwi fruitto all over the worldwide including Iraq, Afghanistan, UAE, Turkey, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and the Persian Gulf, European countries and we have also very good markets in the Russia and India countries. The different and effective factors or aspects are caused to increase demand for buying this Iranian product a lot more from other countries.
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