A meeting to review the air pollution situation in Tehran metropolis was held under the chairmanship of Ali Salehi, Tehran prosecutor, and with the presence of Walialeh Mehboodi, deputy of public rights and crime prevention of Tehran prosecutor's office, and a group of officials from the custodial institutions in Tehran's prosecutor's office meeting hall.

The head of the country's Energy Removal Base announced the improvement of fuel reserves compared to last year, announcing that the base was aimed at coordinating the ministries for the management of energy supply and demand.

A meeting to review winter fuel supply plans was held with the participation of the Minister of Oil and his deputies, with the aim of reviewing the latest necessary measures to ensure the sustainability of the country's fuel supply on the eve of the cold season; statistics indicate a significant increase in liquid fuel and natural gas reserves compared to the same period last year.

While the government has resorted to imports to supply fuel, the widespread smuggling of subsidized diesel under the guise of mini-refineries is generating millions of dollars in profits for brokers every day; a structural phenomenon that exports national subsidies abroad with official permission.

The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said: "Despite a 50% increase in demand and cyber threats and military attacks, fuel supplies continued uninterrupted."

A spokesman for the fuel station owners said: "Fuel supply in Tehran will not be interrupted; the queues are due to increased traffic and road traffic."

A fire has broken out in a storage tank for petroleum products at the Naftkan oil depot, and efforts to extinguish and contain the fire have begun. A fuel tank in southern Tehran was also hit by a projectile.

A judicial official announced the seizure of two vessels carrying smuggled fuel in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

The advisor to the CEO of the National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company reported that $6 to $8 billion of the country's resources are wasted annually due to fuel smuggling, saying: "We must have a national perspective in fuel allocation, while the relevant agencies have a sectoral perspective."

A pilot plan to transfer fuel quotas from fuel cards to bank cards was launched yesterday; the plan was initially implemented on a limited, pilot basis at one of the gas stations and is set to be gradually expanded after a thorough review of possible issues.