New York, May 2, 2026 (AFP) - Raisin moonshine banned in Iran enjoys resurgence in New York

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2026-05-02

Three Iranian men pressed rehydrated raisins at an artisan distillery just outside New York, thousands of miles from their war-struck homeland. They were carefully producing aragh sagi, a traditional spirit banned by the clerical authorities along with all alcohol following the 1979 Islamic revolution. Despite its outlaw moonshine status, the drink is still made clandestinely and consumed inside Iran. "Everybody's drinking, but we just don't wa......

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