Zoghal Akhteh is an extremely rare type of cherry grown only in small part of . The trees for this fruit are grown in wild and resemble European Dogwood trees. This tree specifically grows in village of Hir (in the mountain of Alamoot) which is about 60KM from Ghazvin and west of Tehran/. The Carnelian Cherries in USA have a completely different texture and taste from what is know as Zoghal Akhteh in .
