RoydadNaft –  The first vice president, referring to the government’s gasoline policies, said the government brought its decisions in this area into effect by building consensus within the system and persuading the public, and as a result of the policy there will be no gasoline imports this year.

According to Roydad Naft, citing the first vice president’s office website, Mohammad Reza Aref spoke today (Friday, October 16, 2026) at a meeting of the board of the Assembly of Former Ministers. Some believed that, given the country’s special conditions, not even one rial should be added to the price of gasoline, but the government was able to bring its decisions into effect by building consensus within the system and persuading the public, he said of the government’s decision-making process on gasoline.

As a result of this policy, there will be no gasoline imports this year, and the savings from it will be allocated to subsidy payments and the supply of ration cards, Aref said.