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Hassan Rouhani's program for replacing the food subsidies program with
distribution of free food baskets launched on Sunday. But on its first day the
launch of the program sparked protests in Iran.
In
the freezing cold weather in Tehran, long lines were formed at distribution
centers and some people who were successful in receiving the food basket after
hours of waiting described the basket as low quality Indian rice and stinking
chickens.
This
month's food basket contained 10kg of rice, 24 eggs, two frozen chickens, 800
gr of cheese and two bottles of vegetable oil.
Retired
government employees and workers earning less than 200 dollars a month are
eligible for the program.
According
to state-run media, 87% of the retired employees and 13 million workers do not
benefit from this food handout.
According
to state-run news agency ISNA, a group that received nothing gathered outside
the Ministry of Industry and Trade to express his displeasure.
Meanwhile
a 60 year old man died in Kermanshah while waiting in line for receiving the
food basket. Through SMS messages sent by people the cause of his death was
declared overcrowding.
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