Iran On Edge As Food And Fuel Subsidies Are Ended

Headline of a Tehran daily announcing the cuts. Payvand Iran News.
Iranian Riot Police Out In Force As Food And Fuel Subsidies End -- The Guardian

Tehran predicts unrest as ILNA news agency reports price of petrol rising fourfold and electricity almost threefold.

Iranians are facing huge increases in fuel and food prices after Tehran began implementing a long-delayed plan to slash subsidies amid political controversy and fears of a fresh wave of popular unrest.

Riot police were deployed on main squares and at petrol stations in the capital and in other big cities as the new price regime came into force today.

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More News On Fears In Iran That Unrest Will result With The Ending Of Food And Fuel Subsidies

Iranian Police on Alert as Government Cutbacks Begin -- Voice of America
Subsidy Cuts Quadruple Gas Prices in Iran -- New York Times
Iran forces on alert as economic 'surgery' begins -- AP
Police patrol cities as Iran hikes prices of gas, other staples -- Washington P

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