Higher Fines, Blacklist Await Counterfeit Car Part Sellers 

The fine for selling counterfeit car parts will be increased by 16 times and sellers will be blacklisted, a deputy industries minister announced.
Mohammad Mehdi Baradaran added that once counterfeit parts are identified, the blacklisting will set a bad precedent for the seller and disrupt their business throughout the country, Donyaye Khodro reported.
It has been a few months since the product identification project started. Although producers consider this plan effective for eliminating counterfeit and non-standard products, they are not satisfied with its implementation.
Manufacturers of brake pads, for instance, say the plan has created numerous problems in the market and reduced their sales, as sellers of counterfeit and smuggled pads refuse to implement this plan and announce their purchase price.