Iran in Talks With Russia to Import Wheat to Ship as Flour
- Iran seeking 1 million tons of wheat: Iran Food Confederation
- Talks were held last week with Russian agriculture ministry
Evening sunlight illuminates wheat kernels on a farm in Russia.
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Iran is holding talks to import 1 million tons of wheat from Russia to export as flour to neighbors Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran Food Confederation Secretary General Kaveh Zargaran said.
Iranian flour millers are operating at 50 percent of capacity and are seeking the wheat to boost sales, Zargaran said Saturday in an interview in Dubai. Officials from the Iran Food Confederation and Iran millers met with the Russian agriculture ministry in Moscow last week to discuss the trade, he said.