Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 9

01-March-2010

IRAN

Iranian Official Says Subsidies For Basic Commodities Will Continue

The Iranian government has no intention of removing the subsidies for basic commodities like flour, bread, milk, sugar and vegetable oil when the targeted subsidies law is implemented, the head of the Office for Research and Policies of Production Sectors at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Mohammad Rahim Ahmadvand, has said. The official...