In an interview with Asriran, Seyyed Abdolmajid Ejtehadi, the head of Iran�s Central Task Force to Combat Smuggling of Commodities and Currency, explains about the unprecedented measure taken by the government to combat smuggling.

Here is IFP�s translation of the report:

�13 luxury cars including Porsche, Range Rover, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz S-500 had been smuggled into the country through unofficial borders. The smugglers had even managed to sell a few of them; however, investigations into the case were kicked off last year by the country�s Discretionary Punishments Organization.�

�The defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of about $4.1m. The cars were also confiscated,� Ejtehadi noted.

He referred to the arrangements made by the Organization for Collection and Sale of State-Owned Properties, Central Task Force to Combat the Smuggling of Commodities and Currency, the Discretionary Punishments Organization and the country�s Judiciary, and noted, �According to the rule of law, all of these smuggled cars will be crushed and demolished for the first time in the country.�

He explained that the cars will be crushed since they are not allowed to be sold in Iran�s market based on the country�s regulations, and they cannot be exported to other countries, either.

This news was translated by IFP from Asr-e Iran