Following the launch of the Mobile Registry Scheme in December 2017, its legal loopholes have allowed opportunists to continue smuggling mobile phones into Iran.
The most recent violation surfaced earlier this week when government officials released a statement published on Hamta, a website and online database that works as the backbone of the scheme, Peivast reported.
The statement noted that from Aug. 26 to Sept. 19, some 30,000 cellphones, which were registered illegally, most probably using travelers' information, have been identified from the networks of local operators.
With the aim of discouraging cellphone smuggling, the Information and Communication Technologies Ministry, Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Communications Regulatory Authority and the Industries Ministry created the Mobile Registry Scheme to prevent local operators from offering services to contraband phones.
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