How Much is Thousand-Toman Gasoline Worth?

Bijan Haj Mohammad Reza, the head of the Fuel Station Syndicate, announced among journalists in December of this year that with the decrease in oil prices, reaching $30 per barrel, the government is effectively not paying subsidies for gasoline. According to Mr. Haj Mohammad Reza, since then, the price of gasoline, excluding transportation costs, is equal to the FOB price of the Persian Gulf. The FOB price of the Persian Gulf is the price of gasoline delivered on a ship at the location of the Persian Gulf, meaning that the transportation costs to the delivery location are borne by the seller, and thereafter, the costs of transporting the delivered gasoline to the sales and final distribution location are the buyer's responsibility. Subsequently, some websites and publications critical of Hassan Rouhani's government demonstrated through calculations that the government is now making a profit from selling each liter of gasoline at a fixed price of one thousand tomans. In this 'A, B, Economy', we have compared the price of gasoline in Iran with some neighboring countries and answered the question of whether the gasoline offered in Iran is the cheapest in the world or not.