Following the subsidies cut by the government of the mullahs’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this month, gasoline prices have jumped from 165 rials/liter to 3,500 rials/liter (1 US dollar = 10,000 rials).
One of the strikers complained that the regime’s subsidy cut is actually intended to cripple the people.
A company owner said fuel costs used to be around $100 a month but now that amount has jumped to $2,700 per month, effectively shutting down operations.
Another owner of food transportation services said, “Fuel costs have jumped 150 percent and I can no longer justify food prices with this cost. I have effectively been crippled when it comes to mass production.”