Unrest grows as loan conditions keep governments from offering broad subsidies

Auto rickshaw drivers protest rising fuel prices on April 7 in Lahore, Pakistan. © Reuters

CAIRO/JAKARTA -- Soaring energy prices caused by the Iran war are hammering countries undergoing International Monetary Fund-led reconstruction, which have limited ability to implement fuel subsidies or other measures, leading to mounting public discontent and political unrest.

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