Domestic rice production is estimated to exceed 2.1 million tons in the current fiscal year that ends in March 2017, indicating 8% increase compared to last year, according to deputy minister of agriculture Abbas Keshavarz.

�Genetically modified rice is neither produced in Iran nor imported into the country,� he was quoted by Mehr News Agency as saying. The two northern provinces, Gilan and Mazandaran, are home to the majority of Iran�s paddy fields. Iranians consume three million tons of rice a year.

By Financial Tribune