behind the scenes of red gold smuggling; The red carpet was rolled out for saffron smugglers. After the war, saffron exports dropped to 40 tons. The vice chairman of the National Saffron Council says that the foreign exchange policy and export restrictions reduced the exporters' motivation for official activity and paved the way for the expansion of saffron smuggling. Click to read Gholamreza Miri's interview with Ekhtazonline eghtesadonline.com.

behind the scenes of red gold smuggling; The red carpet was rolled out for saffron smugglers. After the war, saffron exports dropped to 40 tons. The vice chairman of the National Saffron Council says that the foreign exchange policy and export restrictions reduced the exporters' motivation for official activity and paved the way for the expansion of saffron smuggling. Click to read Gholamreza Miri's interview with Ekhtazonline eghtesadonline.com.