The government of president Ahmadinejad of Iran officially launched the subsidy removal program. The government plans to spend the money it saves from not paying energy and basic goods subsidies on further enriching the political and military eli...
On Sunday May 9 2010, Iran executed 5 Kurdish prisoners.
There might be another wave of executions on the eve of the anniversary of the 2009 contested presidential election.
Despite his populist speeches, Ahmadinejad economic policies has failed to improve the living conditions of the poor and yet he gets ready to remove general subsiidies.