The acting oil minister called for solidarity, convergence, and extra work in the country’s current conditions, and urged higher production, wider oil-industry activity, rebuild of damaged sites, flare-gas gathering, and faster completion of projects ready to open. National interests must be protected and Iran turned into a great construction site, he said.
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Iranian Parliament Deputy Speaker Ali Nikzad said the United States will never be able to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero, arguing that Washington had drawn up plans targeting Iran’s oil and a significant share of the world’s oil resources and believed it could pressure Iran’s economy by gaining control of the Strait of Hormuz, but had failed to understand the Iranian people.
Iran’s Minister of Petroleum said the two countries have reviewed existing opportunities to expand energy cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan and agreed to pursue areas of mutual understanding through joint working groups.
The senior assistant and adviser to the commander-in-chief said energy is not only an economic commodity but part of national power, security, and daily life, and that oil-industry employees have played an important role in securing Iran’s energy in different periods.
Iran’s first vice president said the government plans to return 100 million cubic meters of gas from infrastructure damaged in the enemy attack to the network before the cold season starts, and asked the public to save electricity and gas to keep the energy grid stable through the winter months.
The oil minister told parliament that 100 million cubic meters of gas capacity has been recovered and that a remaining shortfall of 120 million cubic meters will be managed with liquid-fuel storage.
The spokesman for parliament’s internal affairs and councils committee said lawmakers will question the oil minister on why long-term contracts to sell Iranian oil to China were canceled.
The chairman of parliament’s energy committee said two questions for the oil minister remain before the panel and that issues raised by the lawmakers from Shazand and Shush will be examined in specialized subcommittees with the questioning members and the committee’s presiding board present.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran and Pakistan need deeper economic and energy cooperation and that the two countries can meet many of their needs through their own and regional capabilities.
Iran is prepared to act as a strategic partner in BRICS energy, food and transport supply chains, drawing on large energy reserves and a central geographic position, President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf responded to Brent crude moving above $105 a barrel by posting a chart on X arguing that U.S. Treasury tools will not cap prices.
Iran is still selling crude without a break and there is no problem in oil trade, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said.
Iran’s oil minister said oil and gas production rose, flare-gas collection accelerated, South Pars pressure-boosting projects moved forward, crude processing capacity increased at shared fields, and diesel imports stopped during the Oil Ministry’s two years in the 14th government. He said Iran’s crude exports did not halt for even one hour during the 40-day war.
The spokesman for the Presiding Board of Iran’s parliament said Tehran will not stand idle in the face of economic pressure, called any cooperation with what he described as America’s oppressive sanctions a red line, and warned that the Islamic Republic will use strategic tools such as control of the Strait of Hormuz to defeat Washington’s efforts to offset military setbacks through economic means.
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has dismissed Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s Kharg Island has been wiped out, saying Trump’s posts are laughable. Conditions on Kharg are calm and stable, he said, and oil operations on the island have not been halted even for a moment.
Ahmad Moradi, a member of parliament’s Energy Commission, said Iran’s petroleum industry—despite damage to facilities—did not halt production or energy supply. Instead, it kept crude oil and gas flowing and maintained oil exports.
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and preserve the country's sovereignty over its natural resources.
Saman Ghodousi, spokesman and director-general of public relations for Iran's Oil Ministry, said Friday there is no discrepancy between statements made by the president and the oil minister regarding Iran's oil exports, accusing critics of pursuing toxic agendas and nonsense.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary said the country exported about 80 million barrels of oil during the ceasefire period.
Iran’s oil minister said crude sales and deliveries are still moving outside the country’s territorial waters.
