PERSIAN NEWS TRACKER |
"In a retaliatory move, we have stopped providing fuel to European aircraft."
—Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, responding to instances of British, German, and United Arab Emirati refusal to fuel Iranian passenger planes.
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WEEK IN REVIEW |
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SPECIAL REPORTSOn February 20, President Ahmadinejad submitted a Budget Law to the Iranian parliament that would expand significantly the Islamic Republic’s budget for the year 1390 [March 21, 2011 to March 21, 2012]. The budget also will increase the Iranian government’s reliance on oil revenue by basing its funding on a projected $80 per barrel of oil. Moreover, the President’s budget indicates his willingness to forego privatization of the economy in order to expand his power base by shoring up state-... |