The Iranian government today denied it would treble the price of
gasoline as part of the second phase of the government-subsidy removal reforms.
On Friday, the speaker of Majlis, Ali Larijani, told reporters in Tehran that
the government intended to do exactly that, to triple gasoline price to pay for
monthly cash payouts. A statement issued by the office of President Ahmadinejad
said the speaker’s comments were “entirely false.” [Fars News Agency, 7 May].
The Iranians now pay 7,000 rials per liter for gasoline, or roughly $2.20
per gallon at the official currency rate, after they use up their monthly
allowance of 50 liters (13 gallons) at 4,000 rials per liter ($1.25 per gallon). Speaker
Larijani said on Friday that the government wanted to increase the price to
20,000 rials per liter or $6.20 per gallon.
The price is still cheap because in the US it's $4 per gallon at minimum.
ReplyDeleteYes the gas prices are cheaper in Iran compare to US, but The US average income is also much higher than Iran...
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