Trustees and the secret of circumventing sanctions / MP told behind the curtain

Emphasizing the role of trustees in circumventing sanctions, a member of parliament explained the reason for his opposition to disclosing their names.

Reza Sepehvand, the energy spokesman of the Majlis, told Iran Watch about the possibility of a shortage of gasoline: "First, we are not importing gasoline anymore; That is, we produce enough, because we cannot import gasoline. The import is very low and reaches two, three million liters and sometimes less than this amount per day. Therefore, our gasoline is domestically produced and fortunately it has reached the point where we meet our needs."

Sepevand said about America's promise to confiscate cryptocurrencies belonging to the Iranian government: "The confiscation of cryptocurrencies is theft and the Americans are like pirates." In the case of cryptocurrencies, they entered different places and seized resources, and they hacked, confiscated and took away those cryptocurrencies that now belonged to individuals, institutions and the government.

He said about the naval blockade and its effects: The naval blockade has been implemented for a long time and they have added the air blockade to it. The enemy is trying his best to increase the economic pressure and internal dissatisfaction. Certainly, every blockade has its own negative effect, but Iran has many capabilities, and the geography of the country and the existence of 15 neighbors have increased Iran's ability to resist sea, air and economic blockades.

The spokesperson of the Energy Commission pointed out that it is not the first time that we are under siege and said: "We have been under the embargo and blockade of America for 47 years, but today this blockade and embargo has increased. "It is true that this process has its negative effects, but America cannot surrender us in this way."

This member of the committee of the energy committee of the parliament answered the question that despite the economic and livelihood pressures and the devaluation of the national currency, do you think the government can stop the protest with this performance? He emphasized: "Undoubtedly, dissatisfactions are increasing day by day due to economic problems. But let's not forget that after the 18th and 19th of last year, when dissatisfaction was much higher, people stood up for the country and the system after the war. Dissatisfaction is increasing now. "My prediction is that people will not take to the streets in such a way that they will endanger the country."

Explaining the reason why people do not come to the streets to protest, this member of parliament said: "Our war with America is an existential war; That is, it is no longer a war of government or sovereignty with America, but an existential war of a country {Iran} with America and Israel. Therefore, people have always shown that they stand by Iran in the existential war. The government should not be left alone in this situation. Because you know that in many issues the final decisions are not taken by the government. The heads of the forces, the Supreme National Security Council and to some extent the parliament are also involved in the decisions. Therefore, the entire government should be more careful so that the pressure on the people is less. "Part of this pressure is due to the war."

Pointing out that part of this pressure is due to the management, Sepehvand stressed: "It is abused in many places. Among other things, we witnessed this in the issue of terraces. The currency that should have returned on time and in sufficient quantity has not returned to the country. These are mismanagement and abuse that, in addition to creating economic pressure and intensifying dissatisfaction, are more dangerous than the lack of supply. That is, people feel that in this situation where they need the help of the government and the government, these events should not happen at all."

The spokesperson of the Energy Commission in response to the question that the names of the trustees are not published? He told Iran Watch: "First, all the terraces have no problem. Some of them have problems. The nature of the trusts is such that their names should not be revealed, because they bypass the embargo and the economic blockade, and they have networks, and the networks should not be revealed."

Sepewand pointed out: "But there should be much more monitoring and care, and if they commit a violation, they should be dealt with immediately so that this does not happen again."