Soil and weather conditions naturally vary in the saffron cultivating countries. Climate of Iran makes it suitable for saffron growth. Khorasan state has almost %90 of total saffron production in Iran

The area under saffron cultivation is almost 53,180 hectares and annual production is 222MT (more than %85 of world production). Therefore Iran is the biggest producer of saffron and also provider of the best quality of saffron as well. In these years, Iran’s saffron production has increased considerably and a large part of this, is exported to 40 countries of the world.