Al-Rafedain T.V. reported from Karbala that militias affiliated to the Iranian consulate do not allow the traders and brokers to import necessary goods from Arab countries for local people.

The T.V. added the militias force the traders and commerce to import the goods from Iran, while the goods coming from Iran are rotten and useless. Tens of tons of putrid tea which were imported from Iran were confiscated in Babil province.