DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament has approved politically sensitive plans to slash subsidies on fuel and food, but delayed implementation for several months while authorities try to soften the blow to consumers by handing out food packages.
A clause in the budget bill for next fiscal year, which starts in late March, calls for steep price increases to save 630 trillion rials (15.4 billion pounds) at the official exchange rate annually in subsidy payments.
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