By Laura Mallonee In Pakistan, a gallon of diesel costs more than $3. In Iran, it’s just 34 cents. The math is simple, and it sends droves of poor, Iranian smugglers speeding to the border in beat-up Toyota pickups loaded down with fuel. Sadegh Souri tried his best to keep up while trailing the couriers […]
The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company in Kurdestan Province has exported more than 42 million liters of diesel to Iraqi Kurdistan region over the past year, the head of the company said. “Plans are underway to boost diesel export capacity by 1 million liters per day as Kurdestan Province is equipped with the necessary […]
Born in 1985 in Nahavand City, in the Hamedan province in Iran; Sadegh Souri raises up to be one of the most promising photographers of his time. This young, talented man succeeds to represent the dreadful truth of the fuel smuggling through his work on the photos that you can check further below. If you […]
Ahmad once earned a good living as a fisherman on Lake Hamoun in Iran’s Sistan Basin. But after the lake dried up due to severe drought and water diversion for irrigation, he began smuggling fuel. He is not alone: approximately six million liters of fuel are smuggled from Iran to Pakistan every day (or […]