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Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/iran-risks-unrest-as-it-cuts-food-and-fuel-price-subsidies/article1783918/

Iran Risks Unrest as It Cuts Food and Fuel Price Subsidies

(Globe and Mail-Canada) Robin Pomeroy - Iranian President Ahmadinejad will begin to eliminate the $100-billion subsidies which have kept prices of food and fuel in Iran artificially low for decades. Foreign economists agree that reform is needed but say that, if handled badly, it could cause massive inflation and possibly reignite street unrest. Inflation rose to 9.2%, Iran's Central Bank announced on Wednesday.

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