Watermelon Supplied to Market Ahead of Yalda Night

A total of 166,000 tons of watermelons have been harvested from 4,655 hectares since the beginning of autumn to meet domestic demand in the runup to Yalda Night – the eve of the first day of the winter solstice.
Hossein Asghari, an Agriculture Ministry official, also told IRNA that the volume will be used to exclusively supply the provincial markets in Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Fars, Bushehr and Ilam. 
The official noted that a total of 3.18 million tons of watermelons have been harvested from 83,937 hectares in the current crop year.