Sadegh Souri - Fuel Smuggling
Sadegh Souri01Trucks gather near the border to unload their cargo. Pack animals will carry the fuel across.
Sadegh Souri02Aslan works at a fuel depot in Pakistan. He is just 12 years old.
Sadegh Souri03Smugglers load donkeys and mules with fuel to cross the border.
Sadegh Souri04Abdowahed has a bachelor's degree in agriculture but turned to fuel smuggling after drought dried up his orchards in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan. He takes a bath in a spring near the Pakistan border after selling a load of diesel.
Sadegh Souri05A smuggler hauls a barrel of diesel by hand.
Sadegh Souri06A smuggler fills plastic tanks with diesel at a fuel depot before heading for the Pakistan border.
Sadegh Souri07A man named Abu Bakr sits in his bullet-riddled car. He has come under fire from police multiple times while smuggling fuel.
Sadegh Souri08Ahmad was a fisherman on Lake Hamoun before drought forced him into fuel smuggling. He was smuggling diesel on his donkey when police arrested him. They shot him in the leg, which had to be amputated.
Sadegh Souri09Abdullah was badly burned in a car crash while speeding to the border to deliver a load of fuel.
Sadegh Souri10The carcasses of overworked donkeys litter the roadside near the border between Iran and Pakistan.
Sadegh Souri11Lal Khan had just sold 500 gallons of diesel at the Pakistan border when his vehicle came under fire. He isn't sure who shot him, but he is now paralyzed in both legs.
Sadegh Souri12Men take a break at a large fuel depot on the border between Iran and Pakistan.
Sadegh Souri13Maryam's husband and two sons died while transporting fuel to the Pakistan border. Her grandsons now live with her.
Sadegh Souri14Smugglers sometimes drive more than 100 miles an hour down roads near the border. They rig their trucks with smoking devices to evade the police.
Sadegh Souri15This vehicle caught fire after coming under fire from police. The driver died.
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