Iran bans US consumer goods: minister
Source: AFP
Tehran (AFP) - Iran is banning the entry of US consumer goods, the commerce and industry minister said Thursday, as the country prepares for a lifting of economic sanctions.
"In order to boost national production, it is necessary... to stop entry of American consumer goods and to prohibit products that symbolise the presence of the United States in the country," Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh wrote on his ministry's website.
The minister said the measure complies with a letter last month from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to President Hassan Rouhani calling for domestic production to be boosted.
Iran and world powers struck a landmark nuclear deal in July that will see a lifting of punishing economic sanctions on Tehran in exchange for limits on its nuclear programme.
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leveymg
(36,418 posts)itcfish
(1,828 posts)Iranians to to Turkey and Dubai to buy their American products.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)The U.S. only makes debt. And WAR, of course.
7962
(11,841 posts)and whats made in China for others.
And of course whats made in Russia, well, it doesnt really matter!