According to the latest statistics from the beginning of the water year until March 17, 15 of the country's dams have less than 20 percent water, and the volume of water in the reservoirs is 44 percent.

A spokesperson for the country's water industry said: "We will not have water rationing next year because this will harm the welfare of our compatriots and water facilities, but we will implement strict consumption management."

Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani called the sanctions on the oil minister illegal.

As Nowruz travelers began their journeys at the beginning of this week, the country's daily gasoline consumption reached more than 132 million liters on Sunday, March 16, 2024.

The First Vice President said at the first meeting of the "Regional Energy Trade Steering Committee": "The Islamic Republic of Iran must become the regional energy trade center, and achieving this goal is of great importance to the 14th government and is part of our strategies that we are pursuing seriously."

The spokesperson for the country's gas station owners' association announced an increase in the number of fuel cards issued by gas stations across the country during Nowruz.

The CEO of the National Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company said that we have no problem supplying gasoline and diesel for Eid and that storage has already been done.

The CEO of Tehran Oil Refining Company referred to the refinery's furnace oil quality improvement plan and said: "This plan is being finalized and will be put into operation by 1408."

The extraordinary general assembly of the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company agreed to increase the company's capital by 25 Hemat from retained earnings.

The Iraqi Prime Minister's advisor announced that the United States has maintained an exemption from sanctions on Baghdad's purchase of Iranian gas.