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> You may have noticed lots of recent articles by mollas opposing the new
> price hikes for tar (gherr) by the oil company in Iran.
>
> For years mollas and their sepah and boniads have been getting gheer
> (and other oil products at discount prices) and then smuggling  it at
> the borders for the real/market prices and making money. It seems the
> oil company is finally trying to stop this. This is a good move. Read
> the funny rants in Keyhan (Khamenei's Pravda) in the last few days. Here
> is their article today (page 14).
 

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> They are saying 500,000 tons/year could not be smuggled easily and this
> is a lie. What they don't tell you is that the Molla army (Sepah) and
> local militia at the border towns (in Sistan for example) have rations
> for gheer (tar) and other products to supposedly build something in
> those border cities. There is no control over what these semiautonomous
> groups do or do not. They easily smuggle most/all of this product to
> neighboring countries (Pakistan, etc.) for huge profits. Many
> individuals (Mollas) and their gangs have made millions using these
> "legal" rations, without using these material for Iranians.
>
> My rule of thumb, if Keyhan does not like something, its good for Iran
> and Iranians.
>