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[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

They did this with Iran and pistachios too. The Wonderful company lobbied to stop imports of Iranian pistachios because they were competition.

[-] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 11 months ago

Is that why pistachios are so goddamn expensive for the past few years? Or was that going to happen anyway?

[-] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

possibly. pistachios are Iran's biggest export after petroleum products iirc

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