TEHRAN, December 07 - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the government is ready to deploy at least 89,000 members of the security forces nationwide on Saturday, including 8,000 in Paris, to counter inequality protests.
TEHRAN, December 06 -The French prime minister says the country’s government has entirely abandoned a fuel tax hike that was previously suspended for six months amid fear of more protests.
TEHRAN, December 05 -U.S. fuel prices on Tuesday were lower than a year ago for the first time in 18 months, with the national average sitting at $2.46 per gallon -- 2 cents below last year.
TEHRAN, December 05 - France's government was finally forced to withdrew its plan to increase taxes on fuel in order for mitigating the escalated protests.
TEHRAN, December 04 - French media say Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will announce a suspension of fuel tax hikes in an effort to appease a protest movement that has radicalized.
TEHRAN, December 02 - Paris saw its worst unrest in a decade on Saturday when thousands of masked protesters fought running battles with police, torched cars, set fires to banks and houses, and burned makeshift barricades on the fringes of demonstrations against fuel tax.
TEHRAN, November 25 - Large-scale "yellow vests" rallies over the rise in fuel prices sparked in France on November 17. According to the French Interior Ministry, more than 106,000 people were participating in the Saturday protests across the country.
TEHRAN, November 18 - More than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a day and night of "yellow vest" fuel price protests around France that claimed one life, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Sunday.
TEHRAN, November 18 - A protester was killed and more than 220 injured as tens of thousands of people walked out to roads across France to rally a "yellow vest" protest against high fuel prices.
TEHRAN, November 17 - Unions and political parties have used social networks to call for mass protest throughout France against the rising price of petrol.
TEHRAN, November 12 - Thousands of Bulgarians blocked major highways and roads in the Balkan country on Sunday in protest at higher fuel prices, tax increases for older, more polluting cars and an expected increase in car insurance premiums.
TEHRAN, November 08 - CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi said the national flag-carrier airline has no problem in supplying fuel to its aviation fleet despite recent US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, September 23 - The U.S. State Department said on Saturday that Washington would not wait to impose sanctions on any shippers helping to get fuel to North Korea, in an apparent warning to Russia days after the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations accused Moscow of cheating on the measures.
TEHRAN, June 13 - France’s main farm union called early on Wednesday for protestors to continue a blockade of refineries and fuel depots after the government failed to ease their concerns.
TEHRAN, May 23 - A Brazil-wide truck strike to protest rising fuel costs entered a third day Wednesday, causing traffic jams, snarling commercial deliveries, and even delaying the mail.
TEHRAN, January 1 - Drivers in Saudi Arabia have expressed concerns over the kingdom’s plan to increase local gasoline prices starting from Monday as the country struggles with a budget deficit.
TEHRAN, July 26, YJC -The Sri Lankan government has dispatched army servicemen to reinstate the distribution of fuel , which was earlier disrupted as a result of a strike by trade unions.
TEHRAN, July 25, YJC - Royal Dutch Shell is keen to sell Iran's jet fuel in international markets, the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) said.