Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan Alcohol Smugglers Risk Death or Jail to Supply Banned Drink

Dying for a drink? Men and mules do so all the time in the hills along the Iran-Iraq frontier east of Bashmagh.

Some are shot by Iranian security forces as they smuggle their illicit cargo of alcohol across the border at night. Others fall foul of the minefields ...

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