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Industry sources say Kweichow Moutai's price adjustments this year have been made on market supply-demand judgments under principles of market alignment, relative stability and volume-price balance. The latest change to iMoutai platform product prices reflects use of the firm's self-operated channel as a market balancer and stabilizer and is part of a series of market-oriented reforms to ensure fair, convenient and authentic consumer access. As the self-operated system's core, iMoutai will further strengthen price guidance, actively compress speculative space and reinforce Moutai's ability to maintain market order.

Iran International TV reported that, citing a directive it obtained from Iran's Supreme National Security Council, media are instructed not to publish details of damage to civilian infrastructure, the extent of destruction, or the impact of attacks on public-service provision.