Fuel Smuggling Up 50% in Southeast

Bolstered by a steep decline in the value of rial, gasoline and diesel smuggling business has shot up by 50% in underdeveloped Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
Close to 20 million liters of gasoline and diesel is smuggled daily from the southeast province, IRNA reported.
"Long lines at the pumps are frustrating," a resident in of the deprived province told the news agency, adding that most residents buy fuel from the black market because they cannot spend a minimum of three hours at a gas station for 10 liters of gasoline.