Iran's Gas Shortfall Has Reached 530 Million Cubic Metres a Day, Presidential Executive Deputy Says, Urging Households to Cut Use

Mohammad-Jafar Ghaempanah, the president's executive deputy, said on Wednesday 11 November 2026, on the sidelines of a visit to the Kaveh Steel development project, that 230 million cubic metres a day of the country's gas production capacity has been damaged. Recalling last year's shortfall of 300 million cubic metres, he said a further 230 million cubic metres have been added to it this year, bringing the daily imbalance to 530 million cubic metres. He said the petrochemical sector is working under difficult conditions to bring 130 million cubic metres of that capacity back into production.

Ghaempanah put consumption at the cold-weather peak at about 900 million cubic metres a day, of which about 650 million go to households, commercial users and small industry and nearly 300 million to power plants and industry. He said that without managing supply and demand, one of household supply, power plants or industry would have to be restricted. While giving priority to household gas in the northern cities now facing cold and snow, he asked people to cut household use so that industry does not stop and workers do not lose their jobs.