New Plate Vehicles Worth Over 1 Billion Tomans Lose Subsidized Petrol Tiers; New Monthly Quota Set at 110 Liters for 10,000 Tomans

Abbas Basafa, head of Iran's National Smart Fuel Card System, said on the television program "Miz-e Eqtesad" on Sunday, September 13, 2026 (22 Shahrivar 1405), that new plate vehicles worth more than 1 billion tomans and vehicles carrying special free trade zone plates no longer have access to the subsidized 1,500 and 3,000 toman petrol tiers. Instead, according to Mehr News Agency, these vehicles now receive a monthly quota of 110 liters of petrol priced at 10,000 tomans on their personal fuel cards, with each driver able to store up to 180 liters on the card.

Basafa also said the government plans to allocate a monthly quota of 300 liters of petrol at 10,000 tomans to ride hailing taxis and pickup trucks, pending approval from the Article 8 working group. He said the changes, which began in Azar 1404 (November-December 2025), are mainly meant to organize fuel distribution and consumption and curb unused quotas sitting idle on personal fuel cards.