Financial Tribune - Since 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 head of the organization, said on Friday. As we speak, the destruction program of the organization is carried out on a monthly basis ...

Press TV - Iranian exporters of saffron, a highly expensive spice with incredible healing powers, believe that smuggling and government restrictions have caused a decline in exports this year. A member of Irans Saffron Council said on Tuesday that exports of the food additive declined to just over 40 tons between April and June this year, down 15 ...

MNA According to the released statement of the Iranian intelligence ministry, the forces identified and dismantled the largest drug smuggling band in the Southern Iranian province of Hormozgan. Through extensive operations carried out by the Intelligence Ministry forces, a drug trafficking band comprised of four brothers, who carried drugs from ...

MNA The chief of the Iranian anti-narcotics police in Yazd said that the police forces seized 189kg of narcotics in Yazd, southeastern province of Iran. The commander of Yazd provinces anti-narcotics police Colonol Ali Afkhami said on Saturday that the police forces identified and seized 189 kilograms of illicit drugs during an operation in Yazd ...

MNA The police forces of the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, have seized 1,531 kg of illegal drugs. Police Chief of Sistan and Balouchestan province Brigadier General Mohammad Ghanbari said Wednesday that following comprehensive intelligence activities, the police forces seized 1.531 tons of illicit drugs during an operation ...

MNA President Rouhani described more effort in fighting goods and currency smuggling essential for improving production conditions in the country, and stressed that all technical tools like start-ups must be used for controlling and fighting goods and currency smuggling. Speaking on Tuesday at the meeting of Taskforce against Smuggling of Goods ...

Khamenei.ir - A group of commanders of Police Forces met with Ayatollah Khameneithe Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolutionthis afternoon April 28, 2019. In this meeting, the Commander-in-Chief of Irans Armed ForcesAyatollah Khameneistressed the need to persist with the current movement of the Police Forces towards the ideal Police Force as set ...

Al Monitor | Saeed Jalili: As part of its strategy to counter US economic sanctions, Iran has effectively granted subsidized foreign currency to importers of essential goods. The aim of this has been to ensure that the prices of basic products such as food and medicine do not rise considerably despite the drastic drop in the value of the rial on the ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Smuggling in general and fuel smuggling in particular have continuously undermined the Iranian economy for a long time. Over the past few months, after the sharp devaluation of the Iranian rial, fuel smuggling has increased and it is estimated that 10 million to 20 million liters of fuel, i.e., 12-24% of Iran's daily ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: The foreign exchange policies that have emerged in Iran in the aftermath of the sudden devaluation of the national currency have not only worsened the sense of instability in Irans economy, but also paved the way for an increase in smuggling. Incidentally, smuggling is taking place in both directions, into and out of ...

Tasnim The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, which has been assigned the task of tackling commodity smuggling in the Persian Gulf, will support the administration in the war on smuggling, the IRGC spokesperson said. In comments on Saturday, General Ramezan Sharif said Iran's Supreme National Security Council has assigned the IRGC the job of combatting ...

MNA Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the Secretary of the Guardian Council criticized the officials responsible for economy for what he described smuggling goods through customs gates. If we manage to prevent smuggled goods from getting imported into country, assuredly we can improve the domestic market, said Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the Secretary of ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Government officials andinvestorsall agree that Iran needs to improve its business climate to attract the needed investment for job creation.One of the phenomena that can help ease the process of doing business is the countrys customs organization. Incidentally, Irans current minister of economic affairs and finance,...

IFP - Irans Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi says his ministry is determined to fight cell phone smuggling in the country. According to the minister, regulating the cell phone market in Iran has its own costs, adding the smugglers began to stigmatize anyone who enters the fray to make ...

Tasnim- Mostafa Aqa-Mirsalim, one of the six candidates running for presidency in Iran, stressed the need for plans to curb contraband and crack down on organized commodity smuggling to support domestic production. Elaborating on his plans in case of winning the election at a televised program on Sunday night, Mirsalim said the imports of the foreign ...

IRNA Boosting the domestic production is an issue to which the policies of the Economy of Resistance attach importance, a candidate for the forthcoming presidential election announced here. Smuggling of goods damages domestic production, Eshaq Jahangiri said at a live televised debate on Friday. Jahangiri, who acts as the first vice-president ...

Tasnim Irans Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari highlighted the importance of his forces efforts to combat smuggling and said the first priority in this area is to supply and upgrade the police equipment at points of entry and exit. Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has recently described the fight against ...

Financial Tribune - The High Council of Free Zones has given the nod to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration to exercise customs controls and collect duties at ports of entry of free trade zones. Customs and border protection equipment were earlier installed only at FTZs ports of exit up until now, according to IRICA website. The ...

Financial Tribune- Nearly 90% of iPhones sold in the market in Iran are smuggled into the country, according to the head of Iran's Telecoms Equipment Union. Only 8% of the iPhones on the market are imported via certified firms, ISNA quoted Gholam Hossein Karimi as saying. He added that the prices of the contraband phones are 12% cheaper than ...

IFP- In the latest ranking of the World Customs Organisations Centre of Information and Security, Iran was ranked third in the fight against violation of customs regulations and smuggling of goods, comingafter New Zealand and Pakistan, as announced by Iran Customs Administration. According to a Farsi report by Kayhan newspaper, during the 28th RILO ...