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Foreign fuel smuggling band dismantled in S Iran

reporter 1222 — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 08:51:15 +0000

The Maritime Commander of Hormozgan province Hossein Dahaki said on Sat. that through extensive operations carried out by the maritime guards, a foreign fuel trafficking band that carried fuel to neighboring countries by vessels is dismantled in Sirik County, Hormozgan.

A tugboat and 283,900 liter diesel fuel have been seized during the operation, he added.

Twelve Philippines have been arrested and handed over to the judicial officials, the commander mentioned.

Naval unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a foreign tanker smuggling 700,000 liters of fuel, in an area near Farsi Island- a tiny, barren Iranian island in the Persian Gulf in August, as well as detaining a foreign ship smuggling one million liters of fuel, in the south of the Iranian southern Larak Island in July.

In early March, intelligence forces of the IRGC also dismantled a major fuel smuggling circle, seizing more than 10 million liters of fuel.

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Iranian vessels start refueling in Brazil

reporter 1222 — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 05:01:22 +0000

According to an informed source on Saturday, two Iranian vessels, Bavand and Termeh which have been stuck for around two months at Brazilian ports due to lack of fuel, which state-run oil firm Petrobras refuses to sell them due to US sanction, started refueling in Brazil.

They will leave Brazil’sPort of Paranaguá after refueling.

Brazil’s Supreme Court judge on Thursday ordered the country’s state oil giant Petrobras to refuel two Iranian ships stranded off the country’s coast.

The order came after Iran’s top envoy to Brazil said Tehran could suspend imports from the Latin American country if the issue was not resolved.

Tehran imports goods worth about $2 billion a year from Brazil.

On Tuesday, Iran’s Ambassador in Brasilia Seyed Ali Saghaeyan told Brazilian officials that Tehran could easily find new suppliers of corn, soybeans and meat if the South American country refused to permit the refueling of the vessels.

Iran is one of the largest grain importers from Brazil and the complication with the Iranian ships is already worrying Brazilian traders about the broader impact on trade with the Islamic Republic.

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MPs prepare double-urgency bill to ban rise in energy carriers prices

reporter 1222 — Wed, 08 May 2019 11:32:17 +0000

“The Parliament members are to submit the bill to presiding board to prevent the government from increasing the prices of the energy carriers in the current Iranian calendar year,” Mohammad-Ali Pourmokhtar said.

According to the Monday remarks of the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, lawmakers have decided against increasing fuel prices in the country.

Larijani said that under the current circumstances, Parliament does not agree on rationing fuel and increasing its price.

He went on to say that offering the product to consumers with ‘fuel cards’ is the right thing to do and Parliament backs this decision.

Accordingly, fuel will not, at least for now, experience a hike in price or rationing; rather, consumers will have to use special cards, known as ‘fuel card’, to receive the product. Ministry of Petroleum is doing preparations for the measure which is expected to be implemented soon.

Although Iranian rial has experienced a severe depreciation against international currencies in recent months, fuel prices have remained unchanged and this has multiplied the lucrativeness of fuel smuggling in Iran.

Spokesman for the presiding board of the Iranian Parliament, Behrouz Nemati, said the use of fuel cards may help prevent the smuggling of fuel.

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Iran 90% self-sufficient in producing equipment for filling stations

reporter 1222 — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:45:15 +0000

CEO of planning and studies center for filling stations Ali Monshi said that Iran has achieved 90% self-sufficiency in producing equipment for filling stations.

He made the remarks late on Sunday in a press conference on the eve of 2nd Tehran International Exhibition of Fuel Station and Related Industries, which will be held at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds from Feb. 21 to 24, 2019.

He put the total number of filling stations in the country at about 7,000.

He pointed to the job generation through launching more filling stations in the country and said, “filling stations can provide 70 different jobs.”

Elsewhere in his remark, Monshi said, “some parts and equipment installed in filling stations are of low technology which need investment, the issue of which can increase attractiveness of investment in this industry.”

More than 75 percent of filling stations in the country need to be renovated, repaired and replaced, he added.

CEO of planning and studies center for filling stations said that 65 domestic and foreign companies will showcase their latest achievements in the 2nd Tehran International Exhibition of Fuel Station and Related Industries.

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