Masih Keshavarz stated in a press conference that 149 companies have imported 805 thousand tons of rice worth one billion dollars into the country so far. The Iranian Rice Producers and Suppliers Association and the Importers Association have imported a large portion of this rice, with the rest imported by the government. There are concerns about the allocation of foreign currency for rice import, and the head of the Association of Rice Producers and Suppliers emphasized the need for investigation and regulation in this regard.