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2007-07-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran leader backs "brave" gasoline rationing move

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Posted by ryuge 2007-07-01 00:38|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 No gasoline rationing is too severe for the man with an unlimited fuel supply.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-01 04:46|| 2007-07-01 04:46|| Front Page Top

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Although Iran holds the world's second-biggest energy reserves, it imports more than 40 percent of the gasoline it uses. Demand is buoyed by subsidies while supply is restricted by waste and lack of refinery capacity. Service stations in Iran sell the fuel at 1,000 Iranian rials a liter, about 42 U.S. cents a gallon.

Iran spends about 52 U.S. cents to import a liter of gasoline, according to Hojatollah Ghanimifard, National Iranian Oil Co.'s director for international affairs. Demand has risen 10 percent a year on average for the past five years

The United Arab Emirates, India, the Netherlands and France are Iran's largest suppliers of gasoline.

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-01 08:13|| 2007-07-01 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Another round in the power struggle.

Khamenei suggested the money Iran could save through the scheme... should be used to improve living conditions

Of course they could cut back funding to the Qods Force and divert it to domestic purposes, but that would be 'betraying the Revolution'.

Posted by Pappy 2007-07-01 13:49|| 2007-07-01 13:49|| Front Page Top

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