{"id":228075,"date":"2020-10-17T12:58:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228075"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:39:17","slug":"while-whining-about-sanctions-irans-regime-smuggles-medicine-to-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/while-whining-about-sanctions-irans-regime-smuggles-medicine-to-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Smuggles Medicine To Iraq, While Complaining About Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-228076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq.jpeg\" alt=\"Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Drug_smuggling_Iran_Iraq-696x391.jpeg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Iraqi army\u2019s intelligence on Thursday reported it has confiscated 19 trucks that were smuggling hundreds of thousands of medications from Iran to Iraq. All the while, Iran\u2019s regime complains about international sanctions preventing them from helping people amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>According to Iraq media outlets, these trucks were traveling from the side roads in the Iraqi province of Diyala to evade customs duties and were stopped on the same route. The Iranian regime has been using the smuggling of goods as a source of income to fund its illicit activities.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, according Alireza Vahabzadeh, an advisor to the regime\u2019s Minister of Health, the systematic smuggling of medicine causes a huge price difference between drugs in Iran and Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>This new trafficking of medicine is taking place while the regime and its apologists try to blame United States sanctions for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. They try to blame U.S. sanctions, while medicines are exempted from these sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Vahabzadeh also said: \u201cDrug and medicine trafficking has been occurring in Iran for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Behrooz Bonyadi, one of the regime\u2019s former members of parliament, on November 1, 2019 said: \u201cThe trafficking of medicine is fully organized.\u201d \u201cTraffickers rent citizens\u2019 insurances to purchase medicine and smuggle it to Iraq,\u201d Bonyad told the state-run Royedad24 website.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding this \u201corganized\u201d trafficking, Said Namaki, the regime\u2019s Health Minister, in June 2019 said: \u201cWith two million euros of government currency, they imported power cables instead of stents for hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Who dominates Iran\u2019s organized smuggling and trafficking of goods?<\/h3>\n<p>The corruption is institutionalized in the mullahs\u2019 regime. One of the most important aspects of the regime\u2019s corruption is the uncontrolled import of smuggled goods that dominates large percentages of mullahs\u2019 economy. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/a> controls the majority of this smuggling network and controls of nearly 90 ports in Iran, which are nearly 45% of Iran\u2019s 212 official ports. The IRGC\u2019s imports and exports from these ports is evaluated at nearly $12 billion each year.<\/p>\n<p>This organized smuggling of goods not only helps the regime to fund its illicit activities, but also damages Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the state-run Tasnim news agency on May 5, 2017 wrote: \u201cThe figure of $15-20 billion of smuggled goods is not a low figure for our country; it is natural that the entrance of goods from illegal channels can deliver irrecoverable damages. From an economic point of view the uncontrolled entrance of smuggled goods will lead to the end of the country\u2019s domestic production, and this could have meant jobs for two million people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the while, IRGC forces shoot and kill deprived porters near Iranian borders. These poor porters carry heavy loads on their back to earn money for feeding their families. The IRGC\u2019s smuggling network has enormously destructive impacts, particularly now amid the coronavirus outbreak that people are in need of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, supporting the mullahs\u2019 regime and advocating for sanctions to be lifted only helps the IRGC and other oppressive and terrorist forces to continue their malign activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iraqi army&rsquo;s intelligence on Thursday reported it has confiscated 19 trucks that were smuggling hundreds of thousands of medications from Iran to Iraq. 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