The Beginning of the End of the Clerical Rule in Iran
No. 747
Aftermaths of scraping subsidy of goods
in different cities of Iran
Tehran- On Dec. 19, Lorries that were supposed to deliver milk with subsidy to Qods town refrained from delivering it and only 20% of the milk has reached its destiny.
Tehran- Dec. 21- in Zaferanieh end of Asef St. Lavash bread has reached 100 Tomans per piece.
Tehran- Dec. 21- price of fruit has risen very high: cucumber=1500 tomans per kg/ tomato-2000 tomans per kg/ watermelon= 700 tomans per kg/ tangerine=1500 tomans per kg/ pomegranate= 2000 toman per kg.
Tehran- Sunday Dec. 19- taxi drivers of root Varamin to Shoosh went on strike.
Tehran- Tuesday Dec. 21- taxis of Azari region refrained from using CNG gas and they didn’t permit private cars to use it either in protest to the rise in price of gas.
Tehran- Dec. 21- though Ahmadinejad’s government has said that the heads of families can give their bank account no. through a site so that the government would deposit some money to their accounts instead of subsidy cuts but people have problem in that because the site is closed.
Tehran- Dec. 21- taxi rates have tripled. A passenger said I used to pay 500 tomans for going from Olympic to Sadeghieh Sq. but today the driver ask for 1500 tomans and when I asked the reason he said that gasoline has reached 700 tomans per litter.
Tehran- Dec. 21- due to rise in price of gas and gasoline transporting vehicles are not working and thus there are long queues of passengers waiting for transportation and this has aroused discontent amongst people. Some of the longest lines are at the center of the city, Abbas Abad region and Haft-t-tir (Rezaieha) Sq.
Fars Province, Mamasani Dec. 21- liquid gas capsules have reached 4000 tomans per capsule.
A driver said with gasoline 700 tomans per litter, CNG gas 350 tomans per kilo and LPG capsules 4000 tomans per capsules, this will take away from us our only income now we have to become a thief. Then he started swearing at the heads of the regime.
A lorry driver said the he needs 400 liter of gas oil per day and with the new price that would be 140000 tomans per day. He added that he could no more continue with his job to provide his living.
Tabriz- Dec. 21- after the execution of plan suppressive forces are stationed at sensitive locations of the city such as in front of banks, gas stations, university and machine banks.
Birjand- Dec. 21- since the first day of execution of the plan all taxi drivers are on strike.
Isfahan- Dec. 22- Some hen raising places closed as soon as the government announced the new rates.
Suppressive stations are popping up every where in Isfahan. During last 48 hours several stations are formed in critical regions of Isfahan and its suburbs. These stations belong to Especial Guards Forces and they are formed in fear of people’s protests.
Most people say that the money that the government has deposited for them instead of subsidy cuts would last only for one month and then the government will face protests.
Dec. 21, 2010
Arak- After the announcement of the execution of the plan suppressive forces are stationed in all gas stations and it is like a curfew. Even policemen have been put on state of alert.
Mashad- security atmosphere has masked all the city. Beside each gas station a police patrol is present.
Tehran- an eyewitness: I used taxi four times today. In all rides both the driver and the passengers swore at the government. The taxi driver said that at the begining of the root suppressive forces are stationed so that if a driver says anything in protest they will pull of his taxi’s lisence.
Bandar Abbas- On Sunday Dec. 20 Bahoonar Port in Bandar Abbas was closed in protest against the subsidy cuts.
Tehran- a murchant of Baazar said that this plan is a heart attack for people. He said: ”this will arouse more discontent in near future amongst people. Their capability of puchase will go down and this will raise protest which would be for sure against the government.
Teachers of Kish Island on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 – Kish Island
As the regime started implementing its plan of subsidies cut the teachers of Kish Island went on strike protesting against the non-payment of their wages. They didn’t attend their classes.
Motorcyclists on strike
Dec. 21, 2010 –Tehran
On the second day after the execution of subsidy cut plan motorcyclist went vastly on strike in protest against escalation in price of gasoline and other fuel. Many of the motorcyclists parked their bikes at the sidewalks of Azadi and Enghelab Streets.
Most of the people who use motorbikes for transportation are from the poor class of the society and rise in prices has caused many problems for them. They use this vehicle for providing quick transportation for other people in traffic and this is their tool of livelihood.
Maneuver of suppressive security forces in Kurdish regions
Dec. 20, 2010- Kurdistan
By the announcement of execution of clerical regime’s plan of ‘omission of subsidies’ it held a horror-maneuver in Kurdish regions.
Since the morning of Dec. 20 SSF and IRGC started patrolling Kurdish cities in Caravan-like formations provoking a militant atmosphere in the cities. The forces are still at the state of alert.
Iran Students Committee has received news from other cities including Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashad, Tabriz and etc. of similar suppressive acts.
Aftermaths of scraping subsidies
Dec. 20, 2010- Tehran
In his interview at Saturday night Dec. 18 Ahmadinejad talked about mild and bearable ascending slope of price changes and tried to minimize the aftermaths of this anti-people plan.
But a look at price changes show that opposite to what Ahmadinejad has claimed prices have risen several percents.
Aside the price of rationed gasoline that has multiplied four times the mild slope of Ahmadinejad shows itself in price of gas oil more than any other good!
The price of rationed gas oil has risen from 16 Tomans per liter to 150 Tomans and free gas oil now costs 350 Tomans per liter. This means that the price of even rationed gas oil has multiplied 9 times.
Electricity used at homes has reached 22 Tomans per KWH, before the plan it was 7.5 Tomans, a three times rise.
The price of household gas has risen four times and the price of gas used by cars has risen 10 times.
Though it was said that the price of water would not rise at first stage of this plan but it has raised to 250 Tomans (per liter) for household usage and 400 Tomans (per liter) for industrial usage.
Most astonishing is the price of flour. Before the plan the price of flour that was provided for bakeries with subsidy was 7.5 Tomans (per kilogram) but now it is 280 to 300 Tomans (per kilogram) this means that the price has risen 40 times.
Having a look at the above mentioned prices one can see how the clerical regime is spreading more intensified poverty with this anti-people plan.
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