Three-Tier Gasoline Plan Now Covers 11 Provinces With 160-Litre Monthly Cap

Ecoiran, citing Fararu, reports that the new gasoline plan, which began in Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan and South Khorasan, reached eight more provinces from the start of Aban 1405 (October 23, 2026) and now covers 11: Hormozgan, Yazd, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan, Ardabil and Kurdistan, in addition to the first three. In these provinces the open fuel card has been withdrawn from stations and drivers must use a personal card.

According to the report, each cardholder gets 60 litres a month at 1,500 tomans, 30 litres at 3,000 tomans and 50 litres at 10,000 tomans, a total cap of 160 litres that costs 680,000 tomans if fully used. Only the 60-litre quota can be stored, for up to three months. The spokesman for the Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling also told Tasnim that removing emergency cards and adding 50 litres to people's cards saves about 4 million litres a day. Fararu writes that gasoline consumption in the first 10 days of Aban was 1.2% below the same period last year.