IRAN
 
Ahmadinejad Says Targeted Subsidies Plan To Save Iran’s Economy
 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 16 January urged the Iranian parliament (Majlis) to allow his government to go ahead with the second phase of the Targeted Subsidies Reform Act in order to revive the economy, which is struggling under tight western sanctions. Last November the Majlis suspended the second phase of the reform act because of the high inflation caused by the reduction...