Saturday, July 28, 2012

Iran to Import Chicken to Ease Public Concern

Iran’s Association of Meat Importers announced today that it has received directions from the government to import 10,000 tons of chicken and 30,000 tons of red meat by the end of the holy month of Ramadan (ending in the third week of August). The announcement was made to ease concerns over the astronomical rise in the price of chicken and red meat in the past few weeks. The price of chicken at 80,000 rials per kilogram has become a major problem for the government, with newspapers, cartoonists as well as ordinary people questioning and ridiculing government’s ability, or lack of, to manage day-to-day affairs of the country, especially after the recent severe sanctions went into effect.  

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha Ha Ha!!

These were the same people who claimed they are independent from the world.
Now Iran is importing more than ever!

Anonymous said...

80,000 rials/KG = $3 per KG at the official exchange rate or $1.80 per KG at the black market rate.

Once again backwards Iranians complain about things that are worse outside of Iran.

Wait til they learn that Americans have to pay over 50% of their income to the government in taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, fees . . . .

Basically an ignorant and backward people.

Anonymous said...

This fascist theocracy has stopped buying domestic chicken and now,wait for it.

They are going to import chicken from Chinaaaaaaa!

Another knife in the back of the local economy of Iran by this anti Iranian fascist Islamic theocracy.

Unknown said...

Amazing!
Nothing seemed to move the public against the regime, then suddenly this.
We might be witnessing the world's first chicken revolution. So much for the loyalists "keep the Iranianx hungary" theory.

Nader Uskowi said...

Anon 11:00 AM,

You calculations are wrong! 8,000 rials in official exchange rate is $6.34 per kilo, not $3 as you have calculated (official rate if 1,260 rials per dollar). Your calculations for the market rate is also wrong! 8,000 rials is $4.20/kilo and not $1.80. You were probably using another country's exchange rate to build your argument.

Nader Uskowi said...

The Anon 11:00 AM might have meant price per pound not kilogram.

If he meant price per pound, then those "backward" people will tell him they are not getting salaries in US dollars, but in rial. In rial, the price of chicken in the past few weeks have skyrocketed. Go and tell people who need to buy the commodity, that the price is similar to those in the U.S.

Anonymous said...

OH MY!!!

http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-police-chief-rails-against-eating-chicken-tlevision/24647172.html

Thit film is fake, the Israeli lobby forced Hollywood to make this fime!

Anonymous said...

Anon 11:00 AM. You seem hard done by. So why don't you go back to Iran and tell those "backward Iranians" what a hard time your having living in America.
I'm sure they would be interested in telling you a thing or too.LOL!!

Anonymous said...

anon dullard 11;00



Wait til they learn that Americans have to pay over 50% of their income to the government in taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, fees . . . .

Basically an ignorant and backward people.



who are a lot more well off than their Iranian friends and who live in a country that has attracted more than 30,000,000 non-citizens to come here to live.


how many people want to go to iran and reside there?
(other than Assads)

Anonymous said...

chickens import
what an important news