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Iran (LifeSiteNews) – Iran has announced it will be rolling out “digital coupons” to ration bread to its citizens, as it cuts back bread subsidies which the country’s president says are being “wasted.”
“The government will offer citizens digital coupons that will allow them to access a limited amount of bread at subsidized prices, while the rest will be available at market rates,” FBN Global News reported.
The food rationing can be enforced via Iran’s biometric national identity card, which it started phasing in from 2015, and which is now issued to all new applicants, and for all renewals, according to Minority Rights. The card includes a “smart chip” and stores biometric data including iris scans, fingerprints and facial images, and is already being used to access a variety of government services.
The news outlet noted that “many cash-strapped Iranians have come to rely on” Iran’s food subsidy program. Indeed, one agricultural researcher, Christian Westbrook, has pointed out that “for the 50 percent of Iran that lives below the poverty line,” buying at market rates is “not an option.” According to FBN
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