The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, while denying the lack of wheat and flour due to the smuggling of these products, said wheat and flour are available at a reasonable price.

Yazdan Saif responded to the issues raised by the emptiness of wheat and flour silos in Isfahan province, saying: “We strongly deny this, and we are currently setting up a complaint against a person who has raised these issues.”

The director of Iran’s state-owned commerce company added: “This person should explain the misinformation that he has presented and disturbed the general public.”

The deputy minister of Jihad, saying there is a possibility of smuggling any product from the country, continued: The wheat purchase system and the sale of flour have been launched to prevent the smuggling of these products.

Saif pointed out that the system had begun its work since the beginning of the year, saying the system was tested experimentally in August and its operation began in January.

He emphasized that for all the business units that have a license, the amount of money needed to be paid for the system is high.

The deputy minister of jihad stated that the factories, bakers, and related classes are members of the system, adding that “the system clearly identifies who sold the flour, who bought it and who received the wheat.” It captures the entire network of sales and purchases in order to prevent the smuggling of products and their exclusion from the distribution network.

Saif emphasized that there is no shortage of flour and wheat in the country, he said: “The topics that were raised by this person or that they were unintelligible or deliberate because we have no problems in this regard.

He said that last year we bought about 9.5 million tons of wheat from farmers, adding that harvesting this product will start in about two months, and our preliminary forecast is to buy more than 11 million tons of wheat.

Saif explained: “We supply wheat to bakeries at 900 Tomans and to the guilds and industry units, at 992 Tomans.” But the price of flour varies depending on its quality, the percentage of bran separation and depending on which province it is purchased from (shipping fare).

But since the price of wheat we are offering is constant and the factories are heavily in competition, the price of flour is not expensive, and I think the average price for beverages is about 54,000 tomans, he said.

Deputy Minister of Jihad stated: Silos are full of wheat, there is enough flour in all provinces of the country, and we have no shortages in this regard.