Monday, May 6, 2019

Is Rationing For Essential Foods And Goods Returning To Iran?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen during a public speech in the southern Hormozgan province, Iran, February 17, 2019. (photo credit: IRANIAN PRESIDENCY WEBSITE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

Jerusalem Post: Rationing of essential foods and goods may be on way back to Iran

People in Iran used to refer to the 1980's as the "coupon era," where long lines formed just to procure simple things such as eggs or butter.

The rationing of food and essential goods might be coming back to Iran, for the first time since the Iran-Iraq war of (1980-1988), due to the sanctions being imposed on the Islamic republic - which may cause the government to have a larger role in the rationing of such products.

The war left nearly two-million people dead and wounded on both sides of the fight, and it took years afterwards for the government to end this type of rationing.

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WNU Editor: As long as the basics are provided for the Iranian regime will survive. But for those who long for foreign goods, those items will probably be very expensive to get. As for the general public's probable reaction .... this is not what they were promised will happened when the nuclear deal was signed 3 years ago.

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