Saffron

Iran will supply 200 tons of saffron to Qatar under a major deal signed between the two countries.

The two countries started to expand their relations in 2019 when Qatar came under a regional blockade by several Arab countries. However, direct exports to Europe have declined in recent years mainly because of American sanctions targeting Iran's access to banking services. The official IRNA news agency said in a Monday report that traders from Iran and Qatar signed the deal earlier in the day in Doha in the presence of Qatar’s Finance Minister Ali Ahmed Al-Kuwari and Iran’s ambassador to Qatar Hamid Reza Dehghani.