Azer News - One kilogram of dates costs 300,000-350,000 rials (about $7.14-8.33) in Iran and sometimes the price is 5-6 times higher than the real price, secretary of the Iran National Dates Association Ali Asghar Mousavi said. During the harvest season, 1 kilogram of dates is bought at 15-30 rials (about $0.35-0.71) from the farmers, Mousavi added,...

Financial Tribune - For the last 15 years, Irans total production of dates has stood at 1 million tons per annum while domestic demand is 600,000 tons, the secretary-general of the National Association of Irans Dates said. The 400,000-ton surplus is exported or fed to livestock, Ali Asghar Mousavi was also quoted as saying by Mizan Online News Agency ...