Nearly 10 mln liters of diesel smuggled out of Iran per day: deputy minister


TEHRAN, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Iranian deputy oil minister Jalil Salari said an average of nearly 10 million liters of diesel are smuggled out of the Islamic republic per day due to its competitive price.

Salari, who is also the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), made the remarks in an interview with Iran's official news agency IRNA, which was published on Saturday.

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