Smuggling in Iran
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May 10,2020Lawmakers on Sunday voted in favor of modifying laws related to currency and goods smuggling, increasing fines and penalties for those who smuggle foreign currency to and from Iran. They set a... -
April 06,2020About 54 trillion rials ($329 million) worth of contraband goods were confiscated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration and other organizations fighting smuggling, including the...
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March 08,2020A total of 29,370 trillion rials ($197 million) worth of contraband were confiscated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (...
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February 24,2020The smuggled cigarette market in Iran has a turnover of over $1 billion.
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February 18,2020A total of 13,000 tons of contraband worth 800 billion rials ($5.63 million) were destroyed in the 10 months to Jan. 20, according to the deputy head of the Organization for Collection and Sale of...
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February 05,2020The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 8.67 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the nine months to Dec. 21,
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January 21,2020About $1.8 billion worth of apparel were smuggled into Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) to register an 18.2% decline compared to the previous year's $2.2 billion, the industries...
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January 14,2020The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 8.16 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the eight months ending Nov. 21, indicating a 43% decline compared with last year’...
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December 23,2019The Tehran government’s protestations about fuel smuggling from the eastern and southern borders have become a permanent feature. So has the inability and unwillingness of those in charge to put an...
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December 03,2019The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 6.9 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), indicating a 53.2%...
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November 09,2019Since March 21, the Organization for Collection and Sales of State-Owned Properties of Iran has destroyed 500 billion rials ($4.4 million) worth of expired or smuggled goods, Jamshid Qosourian, the...
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October 02,2019The Organization for Collection and Sale of State-Owned Properties of Iran has sold 4,610 billion rials ($40.43 million) worth of abandoned, smuggled and seized properties as well as narcotics (to...
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September 10,2019The Economic Security Police Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Law Enforcement Force started anti-smuggling operations at nine sea border crossings, one air border and three land border...
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August 13,2019A total of 327 billion rials ($2.8 million) worth of contraband were confiscated by the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization and inspectors of the industries, mining and trade...
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August 05,2019A total of 12.7 billion cigarettes were produced in Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (started March 21), registering a 33.7% increase compared with the corresponding period...
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July 09,2019A total of $215 million worth of home appliances were imported into Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2018-19), down from $1.28 billion in the previous year, indicating an 83.43% plunge year-...
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May 27,2019Close to 74.3 trillion rials ($526 million) worth of smuggled goods were confiscated in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), which shows a 73.1% surge in the value of seizures compared with the...
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March 05,2019Following the latest government crackdown on illegal mobile phone imports, the price of handsets has shot up 20% in the market. “With declining supply, the price of handsets has increased 15-20%...
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February 12,2019Following the launch of the Mobile Registry Scheme in December 2017, close to 250,000 smuggled cellphones have been detected and disconnected from local operators’ networks by mid-June 2018. With...
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January 23,2019Top private sector players in Iran's textile and apparel industries held a meeting at Fars News Agency to scrutinize impediments facing domestic apparel producers. Opinions diverged drastically...
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January 15,2019Sugar cubes, tomato paste, rice, fish, eggs and many other products categorized by the government as “essential goods”, importers of which get subsidized foreign currency, are now popping up in...
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November 18,2018The policy of subsidizing gasoline is visibly not sustainable nor is it compatible with national interest as it has resulted, among other things, in encouraging border dwellers to smuggle fuel,...
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November 16,2018Bolstered 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...
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October 10,2018Home appliances topped the list of confiscated commodities in the sixth month of the current Iranian year (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22). According to data released by the Ministry of Industries, Mining...
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October 07,2018Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced on Sunday that its forces in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan have seized one of the biggest hauls of heroin confiscated in recent years.
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