Vice President: Personal Fuel Cards Work Nationwide, but No Spare Gasoline Capacity Has Been Set Aside

Esmaeil Saghab Esfahani, vice president and head of the Energy Optimization Organization, said, according to ISNA as carried by Donya-e-Eqtesad on Thursday 12 November 2026 (21 Aban 1405), that people can fill up anywhere in the country with the quota on their personal fuel card and that the first gasoline quota can be stored for 3 months. He added that travellers must now work out distance and fuel needs in advance, because they can no longer add side routes without a plan as before.

The report says use of stations' emergency cards has been restricted since the start of Aban in 11 provinces, while personal cards are credited with 50 liters of third-tier gasoline at 10,000 tomans per liter, on top of the first quota (60 liters at 1,500 tomans per liter) and the second (50 liters at 3,000 tomans per liter). Tehran has no plan to collect emergency cards because fuel cards there are being tied to identification numbers. Saghab Esfahani said all the gasoline the government has had has gone to the public and nothing has been set aside for additional supply; if new production capacity is added, the government can decide on the volume to supply.