Iran’s agriculture minister says a harsh tariff imposed on export of chicken in August should be removed.

Iran imposes nearly 40 percent of tariff on chicken exports to control domestic prices.

Iran’s agriculture minister says poultry farming has grown to match international standards.

Iran’s chicken output surges by 20 percent this summer amid efforts to reduce idle capacity.

Scientists in Britain have used gene-editing techniques to stop bird flu spreading in chicken cells grown in a lab - a key step towards making genetically-altered chickens that could halt a human flu pandemic.

A diplomatic spat over cows and chickens has worsened the already frosty ties between Kenya and Tanzania.

Iraq has removed the ban on chicken imports from neighboring Iran after Tehran made assurances that it has contained avian flu in chicken flocks across the country.