Ismail Saqqab Isfahani, the deputy to the president, says that the free-market gasoline rate, which is currently 10,000 tomans per liter, is revised every quarter based on a government decision. According to him, changing this rate depends on the purchase price of gasoline from refineries.

These remarks come as, in recent weeks, reports have been published about the formation of long lines at a number of fuel stations. Since the beginning of Aban, access to station fuel cards has been limited in 11 provinces, and each month 50 liters of 10,000-toman gasoline has been allocated to the personal fuel card of qualifying vehicle owners.