Radio Zamaneh
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines
No Result
View All Result
Radio Zamaneh
No Result
View All Result

Iranian opposition leaders criticize timing of cutting subsidies

by Zamaneh Media
December 22, 2010
in Latest Articles
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Iranian opposition leaders criticize timing of cutting subsidies
Mehdi Karroubi (left) and MirHosein Mousavi

Iranian opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi criticized Ahmadinejad administration for its timing of cutting government subsidies in view of Iran’s current economic situation.

Saham news reports that the two opposition leaders met yesterday at Mehdi Karroubi’s home to discuss the current national affairs.

The two leaders agreed that the cutting of government subsidies is a fundamental economic move and thus requires expert implementation. They added that in the current economic situation while the country is facing international sanctions, “recession”, rising unemployment and rampant rise in inflation, implementation of this plan cannot be optimal and will be a heavy burden for the middle and lower classes of the nation.

Karroubi and Mousavi contended that “every day closure of factories”, failure in payment of workers’ wages and the departure of investors due to the “lack of investment security and healthy economic competition” boded ill for the future of the country.

The opposition leaders also criticized the administration for refusing to take into consideration the opinion of the experts.
The cutting of government subsidies which the government refers to as “the targeting of government subsidies” began implementation last Sunday. Immediately after the announcement, Tehran and other large cities of the country came under heavy security measures to confront any unrest.

Fariborz Rais Daana, an economist who expressed misgivings about the plan in an interview, was immediately arrested.
The administration maintains that any criticism of this plan is in fact “a conspiracy by seditious elements” and has vowed to prosecute any resistance to the implementation of the changes in government subsidies.

MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi touched on the issue of Iranian political prisoners and spoke out against the heavy sentences handed to political prisoners by the judiciary but they also called on the prisoners, who have gone on hunger strike in protest of their situation, to end their hunger strike.

In conclusion, they dismissed the threats of arrest and prosecution against them and stressed that they will not be swayed by such threats.

The Islamic Republic establishment repeatedly announces that while they have delayed in prosecuting the leaders of the opposition, they will do so at an opportune time.
 

Related Posts

The Light Carried Forward: Migration, Exile, Flight and Cinematic Creation
Latest Articles

The Light Carried Forward: Migration, Exile, Flight and Cinematic Creation

May 9, 2025
A Dutch Artist Inspired by Women, Life, and Freedom in Iran: An Interview with Rienke Enghardt
Latest Articles

A Dutch Artist Inspired by Women, Life, and Freedom in Iran: An Interview with Rienke Enghardt

September 23, 2024
Afghan Migrants Speak Out: Legal Residents Expelled from Iran
Human Rights

Afghan Migrants Speak Out: Legal Residents Expelled from Iran

August 16, 2024
From Zahra Kodai to Iman Khalif: How Can We See the Bigger Picture?
Latest Articles

From Zahra Kodai to Iman Khalif: How Can We See the Bigger Picture?

August 14, 2024
87 Executed in Iran One Month Post-Election
Latest Articles

87 Executed in Iran One Month Post-Election

August 9, 2024
14 Iranian Refugees’ Inspiring Journey to Paris Olympics
Latest Articles

14 Iranian Refugees’ Inspiring Journey to Paris Olympics

July 26, 2024
Radio Zamaneh

© 2024 Zamaneh Media

More information

  • Sponsors
  • Donate
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Legal

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Labor Rights
  • Advertise
  • About Zamaneh Media
    • Exiled Media Report
    • Sponsors
    • Donate
    • Vacancies
    • Contact us
    • Legal
    • Republishing Guidelines

© 2024 Zamaneh Media