Iran-Israel-US tensions, poor output push rates to Rs 350/gram Srinagar, Jun 20: The crimson fields of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are once again drawing attention as prices of Kashmir’s famed saffron witness a sharp surge, driven by geopolitical tensions in West Asia. Saffron growers and traders say the two-month-long instability involving Iran, Israel and the United States has disrupted global saffron markets, pushing buyers towards Kashmiri saffron and triggering an unprecedented rise in prices. President of the J&K Saffron Growers Association, Abdul Majeed Wani, told Rising Kashmir that the nearly two-month-long conflict in the Middle East has had a direct bearing on saffron prices.