NCRI Staff
NCRI – The deputy head of the healthcare committee of the Iranian regime’s parliament says that “400,000 tons of rice” is imported into Iran by “specific people,” a significant portion of which is contaminated with “arsenic.”
The state-run Tasnim news agency affiliated to terrorist Quds force, quoting Mohammad Hossein Ghorbani on Tuesday, October 24, stated that “Iran is forced to import about 1.2 million tons of rice annually for domestic consumption.”
Ghorbani said the recent parliamentary oversight showed that “large amount of rice contaminated with heavy metals came to the country during these years through unofficial paths and illegal sources of trafficking.”
This member of the regime’s parliament admitted that “there is no will to stop the import of smuggled rice in the country” and “some smuggled rice are imported to the country by special persons.”
He did not name those people, but they said they would import to Iran 400,000 tons of contaminated rice each year, and they can take such action because they have “special rents.”
India is named as one of the major countries exporting contaminated rice and other agricultural products to Iran. Following the increase in international sanctions against Iranian regime, India’s role in exporting agricultural products to Iran has been highlighted.
Hassan Tamini, a member of the health committee of the 10th parliament, also said in June 2013 that it is definite that some Indian and Pakistani rice imported to Iran were “contaminated,” saying that the government had been silent about the importers of these products.
In 2009, the Tehran Provincial Standardization Organization also announced the import of “13 types of rice” contaminated with toxic substances such as lead, arsenic, mycotoxin and cadmium, after which the parliament asked the government to take action in this regard.
Despite the warning, the import of the contaminated rice did not stop. In the summer of 2010, the Iranian regime’s Minister of Commerce announced that the ministry has received no communication or notice to stop the import of these products.
