{"id":235374,"date":"2021-02-23T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=235374"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:11:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:11:04","slug":"irgc-controls-irans-vast-network-of-smuggling-yet-it-killed-and-wounded-dozens-of-fuel-carriers-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-protests\/irgc-controls-irans-vast-network-of-smuggling-yet-it-killed-and-wounded-dozens-of-fuel-carriers-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"IRGC Controls Iran\u2019s Vast Network of Smuggling, Yet It Killed and Wounded Dozens of Fuel Carriers on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235350\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"baloch-citizens-who-were-killed\" class=\"size-full wp-image-235350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures of a number of Baloch citizens who were killed during today's shooting by the IRGC forces in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, south west Iran\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/baloch-citizens-who-were-killed-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictures of a number of Baloch citizens who were killed during today&#8217;s shooting by the IRGC forces in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, south west Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On Monday, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces opened fire on a group of fuel porters or \u201cSokhtbar\u201d in the southeast Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan. Dozens of Sokhtbars were killed and wounded. While the IRGC controls Iran\u2019s economy and organized smuggling network, it kills deprived porters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">IRGC<\/a> forces dug large holes near the Iran-Pakistan borders preventing fuel porters\u2019 movement. When deprived locals protested, the IRGC forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. IRGC forces have dumped the bodies of several victims into a canal and have not allowed anyone to approach the bodies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sistan and Baluchistan is one of the poorest provinces in Iran. Baluchi ethnic minorities are under the double pressure of poverty and the regime\u2019s oppressive measures. To make ends meet and feed their families, deprived Baluchi citizens have to carry a few gallons of fuel to eastern Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The IRGC forces take the lion\u2019s share of what fuel porters earn, and when they refuse to pay them, the IRGC forces open fire on them. In addition, the fuel carriers have to endure dangers of the road, extreme hot weather, or having fatal road accidents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">February 22 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\/Pakistan border<br \/>IRGC units opened fire on dozens of Baluch locals who carry fuel over the border. Eight reportedly dead and dozens wounded.<br \/>A village near an IRGC base has been attacked, forcing residents to flee.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LPjhZj2kdZ\">pic.twitter.com\/LPjhZj2kdZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng\/status\/1363891162650607618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Some of the regime\u2019s officials have acknowledged the poor living conditions in Sistan and Baluchistan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWe traveled to the city of Iranshahr, the second-largest city in southeast Iran, and visited its villages. Unfortunately, the people of this area are deprived of facilities, such as showers and toilets. There were no suitable electricity facilities in the villages,\u201d MP Ali Khezrian admitted on September 5, 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yet, the IRGC forces systematically kill Baluchi \u201cSokhtbars\u201d as a part of their oppressive measures to intimidate the public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On February 17, the IRGC and border security forces opened fired and killed a 19-year-old Baluchi Sokhtbar, identified as Mohammad Snjarzehi. Mohammad\u2019s father was also shot and killed by the regime\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Similar to Sokhbars in southeast Iran, border porters, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/irgc-forces-kill-kolbars-another-sign-of-iran-regimes-systematic-oppression\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Kolbars<\/a> are being systematically killed by the regime\u2019s border forces and IRGC in northwest Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the most recent case, on February 8, the regime\u2019s forces shot and killed 37-year-old Iranian Kurdish citizen Behzad Hashemi in northwest Iran. Behzad was married and had three children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The regime\u2019s forces on the western border shot and killed another border porter on February 3. The victim was identified as Khaled Ahmadpour. He was married and had two children.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener\"><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<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since border provinces in Iran have the highest rate of unemployment, many locals turn to porting goods or becoming kolbars. The regime\u2019s inappropriate division of wealth in these provinces, its lack of attention to the provinces\u2019 economic potential, and the mullahs\u2019 ineffective management are among factor which prompt deprived locals to become porters.<br \/>\nThe truth:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The IRGC kills deprived Kolbars and Sokhtbars, claiming it is fighting smuggling. But, in fact, Iran\u2019s largest mafia and smuggling network is under the IRGC\u2019s control. According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc-part-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> obtained by the Iranian Resistance, the IRGC controls the majority of this smuggling network and controls 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Border porters are workers who carry heavy loads across the border for a meager pay. Due to the lack of economic development, increasing poverty and unemployment in western <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, more and more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Kurds are forced to take up this dangerous and harsh occupation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxQbtPOZTY\">pic.twitter.com\/zxQbtPOZTY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IRAN HRM (@IranHrm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranHrm\/status\/1363867759629791234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">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 style=\"text-align: justify\">In 2017, the Iranian Resistance published a report about the IRGC\u2019s smuggling network. \u201cState-linked institutions, including the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), have taken control over Iran\u2019s ports and are meddling in customs affairs, literally transforming these economic centers to transits used to smuggled goods. The IRGC, by taking control over the country\u2019s most important economic routes and establishing a major financial empire, has taken full control over large portions of Iran\u2019s imports\/export,\u201d read the report in part.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As Mrs. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the Resistance\u2019s President-elect, had said: \u201cThe clerical regime plunders the wealth of the people of Iran or wastes it on war and suppression. Children of the regime\u2019s leaders are living lavish lives in Europe and the U.S. while deprived Iranian children have to work as porters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As the Iranian Resistance has repeatedly said, the only way to end these atrocities is the clerical regime\u2019s overthrow, which is the Iranian people\u2019s desire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The clerical regime plunders the wealth of the people of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> or wastes it on war and suppression. Children of the regime\u2019s leaders are living lavish lives in Europe and the U.S. while deprived Iranian children have to work as porters.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1208332659979640834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces opened fire on a group of fuel porters or &ldquo;Sokhtbar&rdquo; in the southeast Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan. 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