On 8 September Iran doubled the third-tier gasoline price (beyond the monthly subsidized quota) from 50,000 to 100,000 rials per liter. Drivers still get 60 liters at 15,000 and 50 at 30,000. Officials call it a hit on heavy users (~15% of buyers). The author says taxi, delivery, and other commercial drivers pass costs into fares millions of people pay.

Cited SCI/Reuters: July annual inflation 66%, consumer prices 87.9% y/y, food 128%; August oils and fats 258.2%. A Tehran Snapp driver told Euronews costs already ate most of gross pay. Meat and staples were being cut before the fuel rise.

AP: August use ~145 million liters/day vs production ~122 million. Aging cars and weak transit are named; raising the price does not fix the gap. Security was posted at pumps after the 2019 fuel protests. The hike is treated as another political risk on top of inflation, not a cure for shortage.

On September 8, Iran’s regime doubled the price of gasoline purchased beyond the monthly subsidized quota, raising the third-tier rate from 50,000 to 100,000 rials per liter. Motorists can still purchase 60 liters per month at 15,000 rials and another 50 liters at 30,000 rials.

Regime officials have presented the measure as a limited adjustment aimed at heavy consumers and addressing the growing imbalance between gasoline supply and demand. But the increase comes at a time when Iranian families are already struggling with soaring food prices, declining purchasing power, a battered currency, and rapidly rising living expenses.

Under such conditions, the significance of the increase goes far beyond the additional amount some motorists will pay at filling stations. Higher fuel costs risk becoming another........

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