[JumpCrisscross]

> I generally buy a big wheel of Iranian Saffron on eBay or a Persian shop

Shouldn't this be a dead ringer for the stuff being fake? We don't trade with Iran.

[defrost]

We (Australia) do -

2019: https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/AUS/yea...

2023: https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/AUS/yea...

Your blinkers are showing.

[barrkel]

I think that's just the US, though, right?

UK imported 11 tons of saffron from Iran in 2023 - https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/GBR/yea...

[Etheryte]

Did you know that not everyone on HN is American? This is such a silly I'm the main character syndrome.

[globular-toast]

Yes we do.