Many young men in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, which is home to Iran's mostly Sunni ethnic Baluch minority, resort to transporting fuel to Pakistan to make a meager living. They are called “fuel carriers” (sookhtbar in Persian), although the government refers to them as “smugglers” and treats them no better than terrorists. Dozens of fuel carriers are fatally shot or injured by Iranian security forces every year. This selection of pictures gives a glimpse of these men’s difficult and dangerous lives.
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