Iran's executive vice president says the country faces a winter gas shortfall of about 100 million cubic metres a day

Mohammad Jafar Ghaempanah, Iran's executive vice president, said on Thursday 30 July 2026 (8 Mordad 1405), at a meeting reviewing the executive directive of the system for managing, monitoring and optimising water and energy carrier consumption, that following the strikes on the country's gas refineries Iran is projected to face a shortfall of about 100 million cubic metres of gas a day this coming winter. He added that regardless of whether the winter turns out to be cold, the country faces an energy imbalance that has to be managed.

The meeting was attended by Masoud Nosrati, deputy at the interior ministry, Zeraatkar, planning deputy at the oil ministry, Tavakoli, head of the National Iranian Gas Company, and Azimifar, head of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company. It reviewed implementation of article 16 of the directive, including completion of the energy consumption monitoring system for residential and administrative buildings. The Shana news agency also reported the same meeting.

Ghaempanah said a session with the president will be held next week to set a defined consumption pattern for water, gas, electricity and other energy carriers for every province, with quotas issued monthly or through defined mechanisms according to each province's conditions. On electricity he said conditions have improved somewhat and power cuts to industry and industrial parks have been reduced to a minimum, and he noted that per capita consumption of gas, electricity, water and petrol in Iran is high compared with many other countries.