Some advice to Arbaeen pilgrims about crossing the borders/ mobile phones imported from Iraq are not registered at all.

According to the Economic News Agency of Fars News Agency, every year during Arbaeen Hosseini, a large number of Iranian pilgrims go to Iraq from land and air borders to travel 1,452 perpendiculars between Najaf and Karbala and visit Abu Abdullah.

Due to the presence of millions of Iranians in this great pilgrimage and spiritual journey, the authorities of Iran and Iraq have considered facilities for the entry and exit of people, however, the main rules are still in place.

* Profiteers in ambush for Arbaeen pilgrims

One of the issues that occurred in previous years is related to the misuse of identity information of Arbaeen pilgrims by some profit seekers.

about this Hamid Reza Dehghaninia, the spokesperson of the Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling, saidWego According to Fars, some profit-seeking people misuse the pilgrims’ identity information to buy SIM cards in their names while returning to the country and use them to register smuggled mobile phones. For this reason, Arbaeen pilgrims should avoid sharing their information with others.

He continued: He went in Karbala and on the waycame Zowar, the original phone is hard to find and most of the mobile phones are fake, which fortunately Zowar is fully aware of this issue.

According to the spokesman of the headquarters for combating goods and currency smuggling, 93 percent of people do not import any goods into the country during the days of Arbaeen.

He continued: A small part of the people who buy mobile phones in Iraq face problems in Iran due to their fakeness, and the argument of these people is related to the lack of registration. Companion in Iran will be ineffective.

In the end, the spokesperson of the headquarters for combating goods and currency smuggling said: Based on the decisions taken, during Arbaeen this year, mobile phones imported from Iraq will not be registered.

Passenger currency is paid only to pilgrims

Also, Amir Mohammad Parhamfar, director general of the prevention office of the headquarters to fight against goods and currency smuggling, also saidWego Fars advised Arbaeen visitors not to provide their identity information to others in order to receive currency.

He continued: According to the regulations and notices of the Central Bank, banks and exchange offices must present the currency allocated to Arbaeen pilgrims only to the pilgrims, so all pilgrims must go to these places with their identity documents to exchange the traveler’s currency. to receive

He added: As it has been said many times, providing identity documents to others will provide the possibility of any abuse andcountrymen This should be avoided.

Perhamfer emphasized: It is highly recommended that people do not bring mobile phones into the country from Iraq during Arbaeen because these mobile phones will not be registered.

Strict rules related to passenger baggage

Another point that Arbaeen pilgrims should pay attention to is related to the entry and exit of goods from the border. It is recommended that people carry only the goods they need for this huge gathering.

In this context, Behrouz Qarabeigi, Director General of Khuzestan Customs, referring to the implementation of goods laws for travelers at the country’s borders, says: in general, all the rules and regulations that exist for the goods accompanying passengers during entry and exit are also applied at the border customs.

According to Qarabeigi, it is prohibited to carry basic goods and market regulation goods that are needed in the domestic market, such as rice, sugar, oil, chicken, meat, medicine, and pilgrims are not allowed to leave these items from the borders. Therefore, it is necessary to facilitate the customs affairs of pilgrims when leaving the countrycountrymen Pay special attention to this prohibition.

* Do not accept the requests of other people’s goods to cross the border

Therefore, the reporting of all these laws regarding the entry of goods into the country will also be applied, and the import of any goods, especially prohibited goods, will have consequences for people.

In recent years, it has been observed that some profiteers have given their goods to others with financial promises to import them, if this is not possible and the visitors should reject such requests.

On the other hand, according to the law, people are allowed to enter the country up to a certain limit, the Director General of Khuzestan Customs says in this regard: every traveler who intends to return from Iraq to the borders of Khuzestan can bring up to 80 dollars worth of goods. It will be exempted from customs and the excess of this amount will be subject to the payment of customs fees according to the opinion of experts based at the border.

According to Fars report, although the motivation of Hosseini Arbaeen pilgrims is quite clear and the establishment of this glorious procession in recent years has provided unique opportunities for the country, but if effective monitoring measures are not adopted by the relevant authorities, the movement of profiteers can become security and economic challenges. to bring for the country; Therefore, it is necessary for all executive bodies to implement the necessary solutions while identifying opportunities and risks in this field.

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