Will the sticker shock of these whopping price increases on life’s basic commodities be the final straw in Iran that breaks the back of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Mullahs’ theocratic regime? Are international economic sanctions finally working? Prices in Iran rise after lifting of subsidies The Iranian government’s removal of decades-old subsidies for food and [...]
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