Officials predict that 10,000 tons of pomegranates will be harvested in Kordestan province, in the west of Iran, in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 2024). Zahed Haji-Mirzaei, the director for horticulture affairs in the Agriculture Department of the province, announced that 615 hectares of gardens are under pomegranate cultivation in the province.
Saying that 800 persons in the province are active in the production of this fruit, the official said that the pomegranate harvest has started in the gardens of Kordestan and will continue by the end of the next Iranian calendar month (November 21).
Source: tehrantimes.com