What is the story of the 3 billion dollar tea currency?

Saeed Aganji
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What is the story of the 3 billion dollar tea currency?

What is the story of the 3 billion dollar currency scandal?

When Sardar Mohsen Kazemini arrested, he confesses against Sadati Nejad and the associates of the former Minister of Jihad. At the same time, the wife of Sadati Nejad’s brother is also arrested. Sadati Nejad was a minister supported by intelligence and security forces, and a case of numerous violations was formed against him. One of the most important cases is the issuance of a license for rice imports during the ban on imports, which was issued for Mohsen’s rice. Also, preferential currency for tea, supported by the intelligence of the first deputy of the president, is placed in the hands of their close associates. A large portion of this currency has disappeared, and the rest has been used to import tea by Dabash Tea Factory. However, the intelligence agency orders the seizure of tea at customs in order to erase its own traces in the disappearance of several billion dollars. Additionally, the first deputy of the president, Rouhani, is seeking to take over the Dabash Tea Factory.

This multi-billion dollar corruption is a small part of the structural corruption of the Rouhani government and the corrupt Aghazadehs.

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Saeed Aganji is a journalist and researcher specializing in Iranian affairs. He has served as the editor-in-chief of the student journal "Saba" and was a member of the editorial board of the newspaper "Tahlil Rooz" in Shiraz, which had its license revoked in 2009.