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Iranian port in chaos as truckers strike over fuel price rise
by Michael LedeenThe port of Bandar Abbas is one of Irans major shipping hubs, as well as a big naval base in the Straits of Hormuz, and the site of a big refinery. It is now in chaos. Thousands of trucks, many of them loaded with imported foodstuffs, commercial goods of all description, and even oil products, have blocked the citys roads, effectively ending all movement in and around the port. The drivers simply shut down their rigs, took the coils out of the engines, and walked away. On the water, theres a similar shutdown of the hundreds of small boats and ferries that usually carry thousands of people each day to the nearby islands as well as to Dubai. They have clogged the harbor, and nothing is moving. This is the result of the Iranian regimes cancellation of energy subsidies, proudly announced by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday. Also, according to the Washington Post, there are strikes in several Iranian cities. Posted by: 2010-12-22 |
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