Press TV- Irans position as the lead supplier of the worlds most expensive spice is being undercut by fraudulent business under which genuine saffron from the country is adulterated and resold to the high-end global market. The UAE and Spain are the prime suspects, reportedly importing what is globally known as red gold from Iran and rebranding ...

Financial Tribune- Irans saffron exports have been hard hit as a result of huge loads of legal and illegal shipments of saffron bulb to neighboring Afghanistan over the past decade. This turned Afghanistan into a serious rival for Iranian saffron, Irans Saffron Exports Development Fund board of directors member was quoted as saying by IRNA. Farhad ...