
A caviar history
Caviar in 900s
In the early 1900s Russia extends the fishing of sturgeon and the production of caviar to Iran, employing only Russian workers; in fact, in Iran sturgeons were considered haram and forbidden by Islam’s law. In 1953 Iran breaks the treaty with Russia and creates the Shilat, a single company owned by the state, The world begins to know Iran’s caviar and the controversy arises as to which is the best caviar, whether the Iranian or the Russian one.