Economic adviser to the special representative of the Iranian president on Afghanistan affairs:
The "Afghan" fuel smuggling mafia makes our borders tense/Iran restricts fuel transit to Afghanistan
The Economic Adviser of the Special Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Afghanistan Affairs has said about the challenges that have recently arisen in the field of transit and transportation of petroleum materials through Iran to Afghanistan and the issue of poor quality and its return: poor quality transit fuels once every 6 months It becomes a problem for Iran and Afghanistan, and this issue should be resolved as soon as possible.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Tehran: Mohammad Mahdi Jovanmard Qasab, the economic advisor of Iran's special representative for Afghanistan affairs, said: "The Afghan fuel smuggling mafia is causing tension on our borders, and therefore we announced that this matter should be determined as soon as possible, so as not to witness a repeat."
According to Sedavasima, he said about the Iranian cars that transit oil diesel from Iraq to Afghanistan: Poor quality transit fuel becomes a problem for Iran and Afghanistan every 6 months.
Jawanmard Kasab further added: Since Iraq does not allow the Afghan fleet, the Iranian fleet, which is about 460 trucks, is involved in transit fuels from Iraq to Afghanistan.
This official of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated: "About 2 weeks ago, a meeting was held between the governor of South Khorasan and the governor of Farah in Mahirud, and it was announced for the last time that Iran does not want to transit low-quality fuels to Afghanistan, and it is completely against this issue, because These low-quality fuels end up in the name of Iran."
He further added: We announced to the Afghan government that no more transfers of fuels will be carried out on the border of Iran and that only the cargoes that were in transit are allowed to pass through Iran to Afghanistan, and that the cargo must be sealed before Iran and after Iran. and be delivered at the destination, the soil of Afghanistan.
The economic adviser of Iran's special representative for Afghanistan affairs reminded: until the problem of Afghans regarding low-quality fuel is not solved, we will continue to witness this challenge, and even if we solve the problem of trucks today, we will still face such a problem 6 months from now.
It should be mentioned that recently news was published that 400 oil tankers were stopped due to poor quality at the border of Abu Nasr Farahi. The officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that the oil materials were transited through Iran and had nothing to do with them.