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Rouhani Backs Zarif on the Money Laundering Claim
During the cabinet meeting today, President Rouhani said: “When someone transports and sells drugs in the region, isn’t his money dirty? And doesn’t this dirty money exist in our country and region? Are you saying no narcotics are coming into our country?”
Rouhani continued: “We shouldn’t be in conflict and be rude to each other. We shouldn’t bring every legal, religious, mystical, social, and economic issue to the people in the streets and create conflict instead of letting experts to discuss them.”
He added: “Unfortunately, there are narcotics in the country and we must fight it. When there is narcotics, there is dirty money. Where does this dirty money go? It is being laundered in some corner.”
Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff to the president also announced today: “What the foreign minister said I absolutely correct. This is not only the foreign minister’s position. This is the government’s position.”
Javad Zarif, the foreign minister recently had claimed that money laundering is a reality in Iran, which received a heavy backlash from the other side and the judiciary.
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