Fuel smuggling is one of the few jobs available to many young men in the Iran-Afghan and Iran Pakistan borders. Last Iranian year, 168 fuel smugglers and border patrols were killed in clashes between armed smuggler and Iranian border police.

It is a sad and upsetting reality of 44 years of failed IRI regime and over 4 decades of criminal US policies in the region. According to #Iran government sources, almost half the population living under what they call poverty line, but in reality, the number is close to 70% or even higher.

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