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2008-05-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's annual inflation rises to 24.2 percent

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Posted by Steve White 2008-05-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Yer gonna have to work harder to catch up with Zim Bob.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-05-05 02:47|| 2008-05-05 02:47|| Front Page Top

#2 AP

The people in iran with both power to use and money to lose are the business mullahs and some bigshots in the army and revolutionary guards who have side businesses (generally state chartered monopolies and bribery/smuggling enterprizes).

Perhaps you are using the bazaar phrase as a metaphor.

Posted by mhw 2008-05-05 09:32|| 2008-05-05 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 No, Salmon Steve had it right - the merchants were the ones who were Kohomeni's main backers. The mullahs (and now the IRGC leadership) didn't get control of the 'state industries' until later.

It's likely that the merchants will also back the next revolution. Ahmadinejad is aware of this - lots of rials have been going to districts that don't necessarily need them.

Posted by Pappy 2008-05-05 14:57|| 2008-05-05 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course, it would help if they weren't spending their money on Hugo and Bolivia etc.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-05-05 15:51|| 2008-05-05 15:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Couldn't happen to a nicer dictatorship.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-05 17:06|| 2008-05-05 17:06|| Front Page Top

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