Ali Ebrahimi, a member of the Islamic Consultative Committee on Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources, said that the brokers had pre-purchased wheat at a price of 2,000 to 2,500 tomans per kilogram.

In explaining the reasons for the intermediaries, he explained: “Determining the low price of wheat purchases by the Supreme Council of the Economy has led to a price difference between wheat inside and out, which has led intermediaries to enter this market.

The member of the parliament’s agricultural committee stated, during a meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, that a pre-stocktaking of wheat was investigated, the Ministry of Agriculture agreed to increase wheat purchases to prevent such issues, but determining this price would be determined in a different direction which is not controlled by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ebrahimi said: “If this trend continues, the government will surely be in the future to fill the silos and supply the wheat needed by the country, which is threatened as a result of the country’s food security.”

The representative of the Shazand people in the parliament, emphasizing that the relevant authorities have been reminded in this regard, stated: “We are worried that because of the low wheat purchase price, this strategic item will be exported from the country, and as with other items with rising prices But it should be noted that the crisis in the wheat sector has led to an increase in the price of flour and bread, which will harm the poor.