Analysis by PMOI/MEK
Iran, June 15, 2018 - It has been quite some time that dhow owners in Iran’s southern provinces are facing extreme difficulties and barely making ends meet. With a new bill adopted by the cabinet of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, “complete death” is awaiting these innocent people.
“Executing the government’s adopted bill will mean the complete death for the people of south seas,” according to the Iranian regime’s ILNA news agency.
The entire story circles around an old dilemma that dhow owners in the country’s south and other people across this area have been suffering from.
“120,000 people are directly dependent on products that dhow owners are authorized to import without paying customs. These are considered gifts they receive on each round of delivering goods to and from neighboring countries,” according to Abdolhamid Khedri, the MP representing Bushehr, Ganaveh and in the Iranian regime’s parliament.
“The lives of 80 percent of the population living near Daylam and Ganaveh ports are linked significantly to these products,” he added.
Locals have been protesting these bills passed by the Iranian regime for some time and each time authorities have been forced to back down from their intentions.
On December 23rd store-owners in Ganaveh held a rally and closed the local market, protesting the adoption of this bill.
On December 30th merchants of Ganaveh continued their strike for the 8th consecutive day and kept all their stores closed.
On February 26th a group of dhow owners in Port Dir held a rally outside the governor’s office, protesting the ban imposed on their specially authorized imports.
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