Iran Faces Gas Shortages as War and U.S. Blockade Cut 10% Supply Gap Imports
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 30
Iran Faces Gas Shortages as War and U.S. Blockade Cut 10% Supply Gap Imports
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 30
Summary
Long lines at Iranian gas stations — often stretching into 2 or 3 a.m. — have become common in cities including Tehran, Isfahan and Bandar Abbas as fuel supplies tighten.
A supply gap of just over one-tenth of daily gasoline demand has worsened because Iran normally covers that shortfall with imports now largely blocked by the U.S. naval blockade of southern ports.
Domestic gasoline output has also fallen since the U.S.-Israeli war, with strikes damaging refineries and limiting capacity despite Iran’s large crude oil reserves.
The government is weighing its response but remains wary of cutting costly fuel subsidies, a step that would raise prices and has triggered large-scale protests in the past.