http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/3187/0 en http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/government-iran-uses-more-shocking-technique-enforce-cutbacks-subsidies/5532 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Last week the government of Iran, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, enforced massive cutbacks on basic daily needs of people. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/man-eq-woman.jpg" alt="" title="Women in Iran rally for equal rights in a March 8 demonstration" width="113" height="100" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Autumn of 2010 has been active time for the government of Iran to implement its long planned policy of cutting subsidies for major food and energy items that are essential in poor people&rsquo;s daily lives. For months the government had been planning for these cutbacks which closely follow the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic reform prescribed for Iran on January 11, 2010 (1).</p> <p><a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/government-iran-uses-more-shocking-technique-enforce-cutbacks-subsidies/5532" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/government-iran-uses-more-shocking-technique-enforce-cutbacks-subsidies/5532#comments Yasi Baiani Ideas cutbacks in subsidies in Iran based on IMF prescriptions Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:21:35 +0000 Yasi 5532 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca