that the shift from subsidies to cash welfare will start before Now Ruz.
That was not a very specific starting announcement, but suggested no rush no start.
All through the summer, Ahmadi-nejad had said the shift would begin in the second half of the Persian year, which began September 22.
His latest announcement still puts the start in the second half of the year, but shifts the focus toward the other end of the second half.
Ahmadi-nejad and other officials have all gotten much vaguer in talking about the shift in recent months. Few details are being released and the public remains largely in the dark about an economic change that will effect everyone dramatically.