Iraqi alcohol                   smugglers:

       job for the poor

In northern Iraq, Kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they are taking into Iran. Although alcohol is forbidden in the Islamic Republic, much of Tehran’s bourgeoisie can’t resist a drink. And smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection.

A box of vodka will cost a smuggler $105 in Iraq. He will sell it in Tehran for over $400. Although the profits appear immense, the men who actually take the dangerous journey are paid a mere 50 dollars a night. This is not work for those looking to make a fortune. It is work for the poor, uneducated, and desperate. 

 

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