Tehran

As the hub of pistachio production and export in the world, Iran has a strong clout in the pistachio market producing 261,000 tons of pistachios for the last Iranian calendar year.

The city of Rafsanjan is one of Iran’s most important cities for cultivation of this product; there are 80,000 hectares of pistachio gardens in Rafsanjan.

Pistachio is really a piece of health; it is a rich source of protein, dietary fiber, several dietary minerals, the B vitamins and thiamin.

The kernels of pistachio are often eaten whole, either fresh or roasted and salted; and are also used in pistachio ice cream, pistachio butter and confections such as baklava, pistachio chocolate and pistachio halva.