Tehran: The video of the Ramadan gift for Iraqis is fake

The Iranian commercial attache in Iraq, Abd al-Amir Rabihawi, confirmed that the video circulating about a Ramadan tomato gift to Iraqis is fake.

"In the past few hours, a video clip was posted on social media in which it was alleged that Iranian tomatoes were sent to Iraq as a Ramadan gift... and the Iranian commercial attache described them as fake," the Iranian news agency said.

The official agency stated that the video was republished on social networking sites with another translation and turned in its Persian version into a rumor unrelated to the content of the video, claiming that it was "related to the distribution of free tomatoes in Iraq by Iran during the month of Ramadan."

She pointed out that the photographer clearly says that he is in Iran and everything is available here.

According to the "Russia Today" website, Abd al-Amir Rabihawi, the Iranian commercial attaché in Baghdad, denied this in an interview with the Iranian news agency, saying: "This video was mistranslated first, and secondly, it did not happen at all."

He added, "It is true that the Iraqi government recently allowed the import of tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and onions, but the story of the Ramadan gift is a lie, and even exporting tomatoes to Iraq is not economically viable."

The Iranian agency stated that the video was released at a questionable time, as it coincided with the demonstrations of the residents of Basra, Iraq, for hours, in protest against the necessity of reopening the Shalamcheh crossing to imported food products.

Five members of parliament, all from Basra province, began collecting signatures in parliament to reopen the Shalamcheh border crossing during the next three days.

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