Tehran, IRNA – President Masoud Pezeshkian has departed for Kazakhstan on a two-day visit aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
SHANA (Tehran) – Oil minister said the process for issuing fuel cards, including replacements, will continue unchanged and without creating any difficulties for the public.
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s 14th administration has launched a broad set of coordinated measures to curb emissions and improve air quality in major cities, including a sharp increase in the production and delivery of Euro-4 diesel to power plants, full distribution of standard fuel in Tehran, production of low-sulfur mazut, and acceleration of its dual-fuel vehicle development program.
SHANA (Tehran) – The deputy planning director of the Oil Ministry said continuing a “production-centered” approach is not only uneconomical but technically unfeasible. He added that effective cooperation among executive bodies and coordination with Parliament and the private sector is essential for advancing the country’s new energy-efficiency agenda.
SHANA (Tehran) – The government spokesperson said a new gasoline plan will take effect early Saturday, December 13, introducing several changes including the removal of fuel quotas for government-plated vehicles — except ambulances — and for imported cars and free-trade zone license plates. The plan also sets the price of gasoline purchased with station cards at 5,000 tomans per liter.
SHANA (Tehran) – Mahmoud Aminnejad, deputy for development and business at Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, said that continuing to operate Iran’s 60-year-old petrochemical units without modernization and technological upgrades will push them out of the global competitive cycle and even make them unprofitable.
SHANA (Tehran) – The CEO of the National Petrochemical Company said the industry must deepen its focus on research and domestic manufacturing, emphasizing that years of dealing with production issues, feedstock concerns and daily operational challenges have diverted attention from solving the sector’s technological problems.
SHANA (Tehran) – President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized imbalances in electricity, water, environmental, and financial sectors and called for fairness in gasoline pricing to protect the livelihoods of all Iranians. Speaking at a Student Day ceremony at Shahid Beheshti University on Sunday, Pezeshkian said the current gasoline system is not only unfair but also harms the country’s most vulnerable citizens.
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Ministry is moving away from single-fuel policymaking and overreliance on natural gas as the government adopts a new approach to addressing the country’s energy imbalance, a senior official said Tuesday.
SHANA (Tehran) – The deputy oil minister for engineering, research and technology said more than 92% of the country’s electricity production relies on fossil fuels, adding that the government is pursuing a new path aimed at expanding renewable energy and easing pressure from the nation’s energy imbalance.