In a 6 October 2026 report, Shana, the news agency affiliated with Iran’s Oil Ministry, quoted Mohammad Sadegh Azimifar, an executive of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), on the effect of a gasoline-pricing programme on fuel use. According to the approximate figures he gave, compressed natural gas (CNG) consumption rose about 12% during the programme period. Gasoline consumption fell around 3% compared with a corresponding period a year earlier. Shana presents these as the executive’s statements; the article does not include an independent audit or detailed time series.

The two rates are considered together because the source reports movements in different fuels in opposite directions during the same policy period. The CNG increase is described as approximate, and the gasoline decline is also qualified as approximate. The article does not state that the entire change was caused by the pricing plan as a proven conclusion. The executive described two effects of the programme, but the source did not provide data on the contribution of weather, economic activity, vehicle composition or other factors.

The NIOPDC executive said the increase in CNG use was especially apparent among public transport and vehicles working on online platforms. The report does not include a breakdown measuring how many drivers or vehicles consumed how much CNG. It therefore cannot establish the precise distribution of the increase by user group. The statement is the company executive’s assessment of a shift toward an alternative fuel, not a separate survey of every driver in the country.

The same interview said about 40% of gasoline consumption in the country still took place using emergency fuel-station cards. The executive argued that the card being held by station attendants added a step for consumers and limited transparency at refuelling. The source describes this as a share of national gasoline consumption. This article does not recast it as the share of card numbers, refuelling events or fuel outlets.

The company said it was working on a pilot to identify emergency cards used at stations. The programme remained in a testing phase, with some issues still being addressed. The source does not give a nationwide launch date or completion rate. The pilot should not be presented as a national system already in force or as a measured increase in transparency. The executive said consumer satisfaction and user experience would be considered if a wider rollout were pursued.

The executive also described an example identified through licence-plate recognition cameras: one vehicle had used an emergency station card to refuel nearly 70 times over a period of two to three weeks. This is an individual case, not a prevalence rate or systematic measure of fuel diversion. The report’s comparison of gasoline prices in neighbouring countries is not used here as a main finding, and this article gives no live fuel quote. Its focus is the reported direction of consumption and the stated card-use share.

The report should be read as a company executive’s account of fuel use and energy management in Iran. The approximate 12% increase in CNG and 3% fall in gasoline refer to the programme period and the comparable period a year earlier; the source gives neither exact calendar boundaries nor raw consumption volumes. The rates cannot be converted into annual totals or projected forward. This article confines the observed change to the approximate figures in the official company statement.