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Iranian smugglers thrive as sanctions tighten

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4 Views • Mar 19, 2012

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Dozens of unmarked speedboats pull into Oman's Khasab port, breaking the dawn silence and marking the start of a wet and treacherous work-day for Iranian smugglers on the Straits of Hormuz. At least three times a day, the mostly teenage smugglers risk life and limb to carry banned and highly taxed commercial goods on tiny boats from the Omani enclave across the narrow waterway to Iran for sale on the black market. Duration: 00:44