Iranian Leaders Defend Fuel Rationing

Iran's top leaders defended a new fuel rationing plan Saturday that sparked violence earlier this week, saying it will free up funding for development projects and make the country "invincible," state-run television reported.

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Iran's Gas Rationing Sets Off Violence

Iranians smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen gas stations in the capital Wednesday, angered by the sudden start of a fuel rationing system that threatens to further increase the unpopularity of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Gas Rationing Sparks Anger in Iran

Iranians angered by abruptly enforced fuel rationing torched or damaged more than a dozen gas stations in the country's capital Wednesday, while others grumbled and lined up to fill their tanks.

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The rationing has been accompanied by a crackdown, including the arrest of some American-Iranian scholars and opposition figures, and the reappearance of harsh morality police in the streets. Surely, logic would dictate that Iranians won't stand for such repression indefinitely.

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