Here you have a country with (if I'm not mistaken) the world's 4th largest proven reserves of oil. But, besides being a dictatorship, it is also a socialist nation with heavy state intervention in the country. Only a socialist economic system could make it so that the world's fourth largest holder of oil has to import gasoline.
But what is even more pathetic, is that over 1/3rd of Iran's government budget is spend on FUEL SUBSIDIES!
How much of a political issue is the price of gas in Iran?????? It would be like the US spending all of the social security budget AND MORE on subsidizing people's gas. Almost double what we spend on the military. And Venezuela is not far behind.
Just consider these facts before you go accusing out government of being in cahoots with "Big Oil."
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