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Road to Damask: a grand old man of Iranian enterprise talks to Michael Griffin about his life and his latest venture--organic rose essence for the high-end cosmetics market.(Homayoun Sanati)(Interview)

The Middle East

| July 01, 2006 | Griffin, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2006 IC Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS in your life is by accident," declares Homayoun Sanati in his temporary apartment in London's Chelsea. "I have done 81 rotations of the world around the sun and everything that happened was by accident."

Now a millionaire, he winters in Bandar Abbas, visits the Mayo Clinic for medical checkups and London for legal advice. But every summer finds him in the southeast Iranian city of Kerman when harvest is underway at Zahra Rosewater, a company he founded in the late 1970s. Zahra Rosewater distilled 100kg of pure essence after last year's June harvest of Damask roses, most of which was sold at $7,500 per kilo to makers of cosmetics and ...

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