Iran is the world's third-largest pomegranate producer, with a production of 1.344 million tons expected this year, according to Mohammad Mehdi Bromandi, the Deputy Minister of Jihad Agriculture. The country has over 760 pomegranate genotypes and is looking to increase the value of its pomegranate production through high-quality and organic production, increased employment, and the use of new technologies. The pomegranate cultivation area in Iran is 96,636,000 hectares, and the primary provinces for pomegranate production are Fars, Central, Yazd, Semnan, Khorasan Razavi, Isfahan, Lorestan, South Khorasan, Qom, and Mazandaran. Last year, Iran exported 36,949 tons of pomegranates, earning over $17,000.