Iran and US facing 'pistachio war'
China Daily | Updated: 2008-10-10 07:45
A worker sorts pistachio nuts during a final inspection before packing at a processing factory in Rafsanjan, 1,000 km southeast of Teheran, on Sept 23. Reuters |
For some Iranians, it's a galling thought: the United States may oust Iran as the world's largest producer of pistachio nuts this year because of one of the worst harvests ever in the Islamic Republic.
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