The plan was agreed by the Supreme Council of Economic Coordination, which is made up of President Hassan Rouhani, judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi and Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani.
The body decided that vehicles for private use would be restricted to 60 litres (16gal) of fuel monthly, while the price of petrol would jump 50 percent to 15,000 Iranian rials ($0.13 at open market rates) per litre. Any fuel purchases in excess of allotted rations will incur an additional charge of 30,000 rials ($0.26) per litre, Al Jazeera reported.
President Hassan Rouhani said the government was acting in the public interest, and that the money raised would be distributed to the country's neediest citizens.
Shortly after the announcement was made, protests erupted in a number of cities in Iran, with clashes tak...
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