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Iran's Internet Shutdown Means A Boon For Saffron Business In Afghanistan

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [Unofficial] May 1, 2026
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Iran supplies about 90 percent of the world's saffron. But since Iranian authorities shut down Internet access at the start of the war two months ago, growers have been cut off from their usual clients in Europe and China. That has meant a windfall for Afghan saffron dealers.

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