Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 30
By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:
Iran's gasoline consumption is currently 20 million liters more than what it should be, Iranian Parliament's (Majlis) Speaker, Ali Larijani said on Saturday.
He blamed the poor manufacturing of Iranian cars for the extra consumption amounts, the IRNA news agency reported.
Larijani made the remarks at the opening ceremony of Iranian capital, Tehran's first two-story highway and Niyayesh tunnel.
The Sadr highway connects northeast of Tehran to the central and western parts of the capital.
Over 6.534 billion liters of gasoline was consumed in Iran during the summer.
The figure is 500 million liters more than the same period of time previous year, the IRNA News Agency reported.
Iran's average gasoline consumption stood at 68.5 and 68.2 million liters per day in the first and second months of summer, respectively.
The figure reached 74 million liters in the third month of summer.
Iran's average gasoline consumption stood at around 71.6 million liters per day in the previous Iranian calendar year, the ISNA News Agency reported.
It is while according to the Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeyqami Iran's average gasoline consumption stands at around 63.5 million liters per day.