TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will raise gasoline prices by some 40 percent beginning Tuesday, the country’s official news agency reported, the latest cut to the Islamic Republic’s fuel subsidies that cost it some $32 billion a year. While previous attempts to raise prices have sparked dissent, last ...
Iran has raised fuel prices by 40 percent and scrapped an eight-year-old rationing program for private motorists as President Hassan Rouhani’s government seeks to shore up public finances. Gas stations will sell regular fuel for 10,000 rials (36 U.S. cents), a liter, said Naser Sajadi, head of ...
Iran To Cut Another Portion Of Gasoline Subsidies/ Iran's state news agency is reporting that Tehran will raise gasoline prices by some 40 percent as a result of cutting subsidies. The IRNA report on May 25 said the new prices will take effect on May 26 in the morning. While previous attempts to ...
May 24 Iran will abolish a motorists' allowance for heavily subsidised fuel and set a price, the deputy oil minister said on Sunday, as the government moves cautiously to cut back costly handouts. "We have decided that petrol will be sold at a single rate of 1,000 tomans ($0.35) per litre," ...
Iran's state news agency is reporting the Islamic Republic will raise gasoline prices by some 40 percent as a result of cutting subsidies. The IRNA report Monday said the new prices will take effect Tuesday morning. While previous attempts to raise prices have sparked dissent, last year's ...
An Iranian man fills his car in a gas station in central Tehran, pictured on April 25, 2014. (AP)/ Iran is likely to abolish subsidized fuel allowances for motorists, an Oil Ministry adviser said on Saturday, in a move that will cut state spending but could also drive inflation and cause ...
government adviser/ May 23 Iran is likely to abolish subsidised fuel allowances for motorists, an Oil Ministry adviser said on Saturday, in a move that will cut state spending but could also drive inflation and cause protests. The government is trying to curb subsidies that have led to ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President/ WHO WAS ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER AND WHERE WERE THEY ...
With the Fed holding benchmark rates steady, inventory shortages and elevated home prices are expected to continue./ At the beginning of the year, housing experts and homebuyers looked forward to better buying conditions — interest rates were poised to drop, a shift expected to free up inventory ...
Disability Rights UK has said extending fraud detection to bank accounts could lead to a situation comparable to the Horizon IT debacle./ Supporters of Disabled People Against Cuts and Winvisible protest against deaths caused by benefit cuts and sanctions at the Department for Work and Pensions ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and ...
The latest Social Security Trustees report spurs angst about the program's solvency./ The new report on Social Security, which predicts that the combined retirement and disability trust fund reserves in 2035, has put more Americans on edge, especially those nearing retirement who are worrying ...
A homeless man on parole for an assault conviction dragged a jogger by her hair on a beach near before attempting to rape her earlier this week, police said. The alleged incident occurred at around 7:15 a.m. on the Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica. Witnesses told a 911 dispatcher that a woman, ...
's administration said Thursday it will now cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel aimed at catching more water when it rains and storing it to better prepare for longer droughts caused by climate change. State regulators have been trying to build some version of for decades. The ...
A former Orlando police officer, David Arenas, passed away earlier this week after jumping into Lake Minneola in Clermont. Arenas served with the department from 1992 until his retirement as a lieutenant in 2020. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, May 13, while Arenas was enjoying the water ...
Colonial Williamsburg American Revolution Barracks/ WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. The site is on the ...