Iranian Riot Police Out In Force As Food And Fuel Subsidies End: Price of Petrol To Rise Fourfold And Electricity Almost Threefold

Tehran predicts unrest as ILNA news agency reports price of petrol rising fourfold and electricity almost threefold An Iranian woman and a boy shop at a grocery store in Tehran. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images Iranians are facing huge increases in fuel and food prices after Tehran began implementing a long-delayed plan to slash subsidies amid [...] continue reading world news