BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28. During the last
Iranian year (from March 21, 2025 through March 20, 2026),
agricultural production in Iran increased 4-fold compared to the
period before the Islamic Revolution (1979).
This is reflected in the statement of Iran’s Minister of
Agriculture Gholamreza Nouri, which he made during an event
organized at the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic
Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on June 17.
According to him, while agricultural production in Iran stood at
28 million tons before the Islamic Revolution, this figure rose to
139 million tons last year.
“Before the Islamic Revolution, 2.7 tons of products were
harvested from every 1 hectare of cultivated land in Iran, whereas
now this figure has risen to 6.8 tons. This is the result of the
development of scientific activities and research in the country’s
agricultural sector,” he stated.
The Iranian minister said that while approximately 4 million
tons of wheat were harvested in the country before the Revolution,
the volume of wheat harvested in recent years has exceeded 16
million tons, which means a 300% increase.
Nouri noted that while 2.6 million tons of milk were produced
before the revolution, this figure has now reached 13 million tons,
and chicken meat production has risen from 165,000 tons to
approximately 3 million tons.
“Before the Islamic Revolution, Iran’s agricultural exports
amounted to $300 million. However, in the last Iranian year, the
value of Iran’s agricultural exports rose to $7.3 billion. This
development was achieved despite a large number of pressures and
problems,” he noted.
Iran keeps the increase of product manufacturing in the
agricultural sector under serious focus.
Earlier in an exclusive interview with Trend Executive Director of Iran’s Moghan
Agro-Industry and Livestock Company, operating under the Iranian
Ministry of Agriculture, Jihad Ghasem Mohammadi, said that the
company is directly interested in the export of agricultural
products.
According to Mohammadi, the company has yet to directly export
its goods – so far its products have been exported by businessmen
and other corporate companies involved in exports.
