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2012-07-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's food costs soar, unemployment spirals as sanctions bite

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Posted by Pappy 2012-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Debka says Iran is building up a strategic wheat reserve:

The Fars news agency reports Tehran purchased 2 million metric tons of wheat from various unidentified countries despite financial restrictions. An Iranian official reported that a delegation from Tehran visited India in June to discuss wheat imports from Madhya Pradesh at prices lower than those offered by Pakistan.

How many people would that feed for how long?

Posted by trailing wife 2012-07-02 12:12|| 2012-07-02 12:12|| Front Page Top

#2 How many people would that feed for how long?

That's 4.5 billion pounds of wheat. Assuming each person eats 1 lb of bread a day, that's enough to feed 12 million for a year. Or 72 million people for 2 months.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2012-07-02 12:48|| 2012-07-02 12:48|| Front Page Top

#3 It's a Bloomberg report regurgitating a Fars report, original is here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-02/iran-imports-2-million-metric-tons-of-wheat-fars-reports.html

Fars - Farce ... same thing in many cases.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-07-02 14:03|| 2012-07-02 14:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I recall Iran imports half its wheat.

Posted by phil_b 2012-07-02 19:37|| 2012-07-02 19:37|| Front Page Top

#5 they'd better fondly remember these half rations. Those will be "the good old days" if they act up

Posted by Frank G 2012-07-02 20:19|| 2012-07-02 20:19|| Front Page Top

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