TEHRAN — Iran’s main audit body has slammed the government’s plan to scrap subsidies from later this month and its policy of privatising state firms, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.

“The implementation of the (subsidy) plan will lead to rise in prices,” Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, who heads the Supreme Audit Court of Iran, a body set up by parliament, was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency.

He urged the government to inform the people of the “repercussions” of the plan, adding that implementing such a “dangerous” reform might “result in severe political disputes in the country.”