Iran: Parliament Moves to Challenge Iranian Government over Gasoline Rationing Quotas

Iran’s parliament has agreed to give first priority to a bill enabling Iranians to buy gasoline (petrol) at market prices outside the monthly quota, in defiance of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s policy.

Attaching first priority to a bill means that it will move automatically to the top of the parliamentary agenda and will be debated in the chamber in the coming days.

There has been reoccurring pressure on the Iranian parliament to allow consumers the option of unlimited gasoline purchases at market prices, in order to stem potential widespread discontent when people start to run out of their allotted quotas.

President Ahmedinejad has opposed the measure out of concern that it might stoke already-high inflation.

Do you suppose they have a Daily Kos over there, too?