{"id":18179,"date":"2026-08-24T04:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=18179"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:06:24","slug":"govt-weighs-plans-to-curb-gasoline-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/18179\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t weighs plans to curb gasoline imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said the government is considering several plans to address the gap between gasoline production and consumption, but no decision has been finalized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking to IRIB on Sunday, Paknejad said part of the gasoline supply shortfall is currently being covered through imports.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe government\u2019s goal is to reduce gasoline imports to the minimum possible level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paknejad said part of the country\u2019s resources are being spent on gasoline imports and that, given economic constraints, continuing the current trend is not sustainable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said several proposals have been put forward to manage the imbalance between gasoline production and consumption and are being reviewed by experts.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe decision-making process is continuing until these proposals reach the decision stage,\u201d Paknejad said, adding that if a plan is finalized, the public will be informed of its details before any implementation begins.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Addressing reports about possible new gasoline prices, Paknejad said some of the figures circulating in the media are merely speculation and should not be considered official until a final decision is made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said the government is considering several plans to address the gap between gasoline production and consumption, but no decision has been finalized.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,44,18,22,36],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-18179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-fuel","category-headline","category-iran","category-lastnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18181,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18179\/revisions\/18181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18179"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=18179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}