Iran’s first medicinal plants factory has been launched in North Khorasan Province. Built on a one-hectare site, the factory cost $660,000 to complete, said the managing director of Industrial Towns Company of North Khorasan, Mohammad Ali Yousefi. The northeastern Iranian province is a treasure trove of medicinal herbs; over 408 species of medicinal plants have been identified there, Mehr News Agency quoted the official as saying.
