Head of Consumer and Producer Protection Organization: Competition Council has not assigned a role to Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade in car

The head of the Consumer and Producer Protection Organization announced that automakers are responsible for setting car prices and that the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade has no authority in this regard. He also explained that the Competition Council is continuing its previous approach on this matter, and the Consumer Protection Organization’s only role is to verify automakers’ announced prices against the frameworks set by the Competition Council. The organization has no more than one month to carry out this task.

• Hossein Farhidezadeh, head of the Consumer and Producer Protection Organization, made these remarks.
• He emphasized that the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (MIMT) has no role in setting car prices.
• According to him, the Competition Council is still pursuing its previous approach to car pricing.
• The Consumer Protection Organization’s only duty is to match automakers’ announced prices with the frameworks set by the Competition Council.
• The Consumer Protection Organization has no more than one month to complete this task.
• ISNA, Akharin Khabar, Khabar Fauri, and Etemad newspaper, citing the head of the Consumer Protection Organization, published these details.
• Tejarat News and IRIB News also quoted the head of the Consumer Protection Organization, emphasizing the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade’s lack of role in car pricing by the Competition Council.. Coverage difference: Most outlets (ISNA, Akharin Khabar, Khabar Fauri, Etemad newspaper) reported more details, including the official’s name and the time limit for the Consumer Protection Organization, citing the head of the organization. By contrast, Tejarat News and IRIB News presented the issue more briefly and, without naming the head of the Consumer Protection Organization or mentioning the time limit, focused only on the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade’s lack of role in car pricing by the Competition Council.