# Iran’s fuel rationing system reaches breaking point with hours-long lines, protests on eve of ‘Bloody November’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/irans-fuel-rationing-system-reaches-breaking-point-with-hours-long-lines-protests-on-eve-of-bloody-november/
- Published: 2026-11-14T23:09:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T00:25:00+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/14/world-news/hours-long-lines-protests-at-iranian-gas-stations-reach-breaking-point-on-eve-of-bloody-november/
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Long petrol queues hit cities across Iran.
- Taxi drivers protested amid fuel shortages.
- Emergency fuel cards are being withdrawn.

## Summary

Motorists in several Iranian cities faced hours-long queues for petrol on Saturday, while taxi drivers in Ardabil protested by refusing to take passengers. The disruption comes as the rationing system struggles to meet demand and the country approaches the anniversary of the 2019 fuel-price protests, raising concern about renewed public anger.

Iran has limited each vehicle to 160 litres of subsidised petrol a month since the 2019 price rise, which increased the price of the first 60 litres by 50 per cent and subsequent fuel by 300 per cent. Until last month, drivers could use stations’ emergency cards to buy extra fuel at a higher price; since 1 November, those cards have been removed in more than a third of the country. A senior energy official acknowledged a supply problem, while the article attributes worsening shortages to economic strain, corruption and US sanctions and blockade measures.

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