The head of the flower and plant union stated that the dealers stored the roses in order to increase the price by creating a shortage, and said: The price of a rose branch is 50 thousand tomans and the price of a flower crown is 1 million 500 thousand tomans.

Akbar Shahrokhi said in a radio interview: Every year on the threshold of Mother's Day and Women's Week, we have an increase in the price of flowers, and of course this year the price increase may be a little higher than previous years.

The head of the Union of Flower and Plant Sellers added: We have very beautiful root pots that are offered at a reasonable price, and only the price of branched flowers has increased slightly, while the price of flowers will decrease again after Women's Week.

Shahrokhi added: The price of a rose branch is 50 thousand tomans and the price of a flower crown is 1 million 500 thousand tomans. Of course, if licensed shops sell flowers at high prices, they will be fined and the extra money will be returned to the customer.

He also pointed to the record in the flower market and said: "Unfortunately, dealers have stored roses to create a shortage and raise the price of flowers."

The head of the Union of Flower and Plant Sellers said regarding the flower shops in the upper parts of the city that sell flowers at a very high and expensive price, when he rents 100 million Tomans in a shop in Jordan, he naturally sells flowers at a higher price.

Shahrokhi also pointed to flower smuggling and said: "Unfortunately, with the increase in the price of the dollar, flower smuggling also takes place."