Ayatollah Supports Bid to Sharply Cut Iran Subsidies
The New York Times / ROBERT F. WORTH
05-Apr-2010 (2 comments)

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, offered a crucial gesture of public support Monday for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s effort to enact a sweeping economic reform plan that would sharply curtail the country’s long-established system of state subsidies.

After Mr. Ahmadinejad issued his latest call for Parliament to support his proposal, Ayatollah Khamenei, speaking at a meeting of cabinet ministers and other senior figures, urged all parties to help Mr. Ahmadinejad’s administration in “facilitating” passage of a subsidies reform bill.

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No Fear

Really?

by No Fear on Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:39 AM PDT

But during those times, neither shah nor khatami had the balls to make these economical corrections. Cutting 40 billion dollars in subsidies is no joke.


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iran_zameen

if it was shah's time or khatami's

by iran_zameen on Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:22 PM PDT

they would have called it a war on the lower class


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