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Ahmadinejad's Plan to Curb Government Subsidies Threatens to Alienate Iranians


[Washington Post] Thomas Erdbrink - Gasoline is 36 cents a gallon because Iran's government spends half its national budget to subsidize many of life's necessities. Yet many of these subsidies may end within a couple of months. Many members of Iran's urban middle class fear that Ahmadinejad's new plan will ruin them.
2008-12-04 08:00:00
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