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00:00:00cars, God willing.
00:00:19Be assured that this atmosphere
00:00:22of oppression and injustice that you witness today in the
00:00:26world, bullying, slander, malice.
00:01:00Expectation means believing that
00:01:03a definite future exists.
00:01:06We should not think that
00:01:09because Imam Zaman will come and
00:01:13fill the world with justice, we have no
00:01:16duty today. No, on the contrary,
00:01:20we have a duty today to
00:01:23move in that direction to prepare for
00:01:26the reappearance of that great figure. Being a soldier of Imam Zaman is not
00:01:30an easy task. We must strive to
00:01:33create a Mahdavi society. We must both
00:01:37refine ourselves and to the extent of our ability, to the extent of
00:01:40our capacity, reform others.
00:01:43We must be able to bring our
00:01:47surrounding environment, to whatever extent it is within our power, closer to a Mahdavi society.
00:01:50In fact, it must be said
00:01:54that the true life of humanity, the desired
00:01:56life of humanity, begins there. Humanity must just
00:02:00enter a path that is a straight
00:02:04path and leads him to the ultimate goal of creation.
00:02:07O Lord, make us among
00:02:11the soldiers of Imam Zaman. Make
00:02:14the sacred heart of that great figure
00:02:18pleased with us. Include
00:02:21the prayer of Imam Zaman in our lives,
00:02:25especially in the lives of our youth.
00:02:28In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:03:08Greetings to you, dear viewers of Khabar Network and also
00:03:12dear listeners who are listening to
00:03:16the Economy Radio program on
00:03:19FM 98 MHz today,
00:03:21Monday. I would like to inform
00:03:24you, dear viewers and listeners,
00:03:28that the topic of fuel basket diversification will be
00:03:32discussed and examined in today's Economy Desk
00:03:35with the presence of representatives of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and
00:03:39also from the government sector and the private sector.
00:03:43But if you allow me, let's present
00:03:46a report at the beginning of the program, because the issue of fuel
00:03:50basket diversification is very important. We have addressed this issue
00:03:54and specifically the development of CNG
00:03:58and LPG in various programs on the Economy Desk.
00:04:01Let's watch the report together and we will return to the studio.
00:04:05We will introduce
00:04:06the guests to you.
00:04:09Statistics show that Iran has twice the current consumption capacity of CNG in the country,
00:04:13which is unused. And it's almost twice what we are currently using
00:04:17from CNG. There is capacity to use it, but it's not being used.
00:04:20Of course, as it is clear, after the change
00:04:23in the price of the fuel card at petrol stations, the consumption
00:04:27of CNG also increased slightly, by 20%. We had
00:04:30a 20% increase in CNG consumption month-on-month in Mehr
00:04:34compared to Mordad. Gasoline consumption decreased
00:04:36from 14 million liters per day to
00:04:40134 million liters per day, meaning about 10
00:04:44million liters after the price increase. We had a decrease
00:04:47in consumption. However, we are still only working with 40% of the capacity
00:04:51of gas stations. At present, we are almost operating
00:04:55at 40% of our capacity. The lifespan of our CNG stations is approximately between 15 and
00:04:5925 years. It is very natural that after 15 to 25
00:05:02years, a part of this capacity needs to be renovated and rebuilt.
00:05:06Unfortunately, at least in the last 10 years, the economics of the stations
00:05:10have not allowed the station owners
00:05:13to perform their periodic repairs in the best possible way.
00:05:17But the problem is not just this. The production of dual-fuel
00:05:20vehicles in our car manufacturers' basket is around
00:05:235-6, which is a very small number that needs
00:05:27to be increased. We expect our Ministry of Industry
00:05:30to seriously follow up on this. Despite a daily capacity of 35
00:05:34to 40 million cubic meters of CNG, only 17
00:05:38million cubic meters of it is still used. This is while the way to overcome
00:05:41gasoline imbalance is to renovate stations, settle contractors'
00:05:45claims, and increase the share of gas-powered vehicles from below
00:05:486% to 30%. Reza Shafiei,
00:05:51IRIB News Agency. Well,
00:05:54we saw the report together regarding the issue of fuel
00:05:58basket diversification. Our guests in the studio are
00:06:02Mr. Dr. Hemmati, a member of the presiding board and
00:06:06secretary of the Energy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Welcome,
00:06:09Dr. Thank you very much. I extend my greetings and respect to you and all
00:06:13your dear viewers. We are at your service. Live long. And also Mr.
00:06:17Veis Karami, CEO of the National
00:06:20Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company. Welcome to you too,
00:06:24Dr. Well, in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I greet you and wish you
00:06:28a good time, dear viewers of the Economy
00:06:32Desk program, and your great
00:06:34colleagues. Live long. We also have other guests who will be joining
00:06:38us by phone at various intervals throughout the program.
00:06:42We will certainly talk to these great people. We will start
00:06:45with Mr. Veis Karami, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products
00:06:49Distribution Company. Please specifically
00:06:52tell us, considering the development of CNG and LPG in
00:06:55the country, what is our current gasoline consumption
00:06:59and which provinces have the highest consumption? And how much
00:07:03impact did the government's resolution, which was implemented
00:07:06after all, have, Mr. Veis Karami? Yes,
00:07:09you see, our average gasoline consumption throughout
00:07:13the country until the end of Mehr
00:07:17of this year was 133 million liters per day.
00:07:20Yes, throughout
00:07:22the country, in the first seven months
00:07:25of the year, until the end of Mehr, we had a daily distribution of 133 million
00:07:28liters of gasoline. But
00:07:32from the beginning of Aban, you see, we had reached zero growth,
00:07:36meaning 133 million 405
00:07:39compared to the same period last year.
00:07:44This means that, fortunately, we did not have an increase in gasoline
00:07:48consumption, whereas in previous years,
00:07:516% was the normal growth of gasoline each year
00:07:55compared to the previous year. So a very good thing has happened.
00:07:58In seven months, we have not had an increase in gasoline consumption.
00:08:01But an even better situation and a good thing that has
00:08:05happened in the first 10 days of Aban this year is that this number has
00:08:09become negative, We have gone from zero to negative,
00:08:12-0.1%. In the first decade of Aban
00:08:161405 compared to the first decade of Aban
00:08:201404, we had a
00:08:22decrease in gasoline consumption of -0.1%.
00:08:26Well, this goes back to the actions that have been taken.
00:08:29I will briefly say that the 6% growth
00:08:33has been stopped, without
00:08:37meaning we didn't have consumption growth, but now we have zero growth,
00:08:40in fact.
00:08:56These actions have been taken in the area of gasoline consumption management, both in terms of price
00:08:59and non-price aspects. Correct. Which provinces had the highest
00:09:03consumption and which
00:09:06Tehran always has the highest consumption, 20 million.
00:09:09Tehran province, Fars province, then
00:09:13Razavi Khorasan province, Isfahan province are the four provinces
00:09:17that have the highest gasoline consumption due to their population. But
00:09:21some of our border provinces had a high per capita gasoline
00:09:24consumption. Border provinces like Hormozgan province were among
00:09:28the provinces that had high gasoline consumption. West Azerbaijan
00:09:32has high consumption compared to its normal rate, I mean. Fars
00:09:35province accounts for a large share of gasoline
00:09:38consumption. In addition to being a populous province,
00:09:42it is currently the second largest in terms of gasoline
00:09:46consumption. It has a high consumption growth, and there should be plans for these provinces
00:09:50that have high growth, similar to the actions we took
00:09:53from Mordad to Aivor or in Tehran or the 11 border provinces where
00:09:57we had the removal of emergency cards or station cards.
00:10:01The set of actions taken, as I mentioned, has led us to this
00:10:04stage where, fortunately,
00:10:07we had a decrease in gasoline consumption
00:10:10in the first decade of Aban.
00:10:12Hopefully, it will continue. Hopefully. Thank you very much,
00:10:16Dr. Hemmati. Well, after all, you are also a member of the presiding
00:10:20board of the Energy Commission of the Parliament
00:10:23and represent a province where the collection of
00:10:27station cards was implemented. Specifically, considering that
00:10:30the Seventh Development Plan also refers to fuel basket diversification,
00:10:34please tell us how successful it has been,
00:10:37because the law states that at least
00:10:41one million of our vehicles that provide public services
00:10:44should be dual-fuel, and 400 CNG stations
00:10:48should also be installed. We are at your service.
00:10:52Well, this plan that is being implemented in Kerman province, from
00:11:25of course, we have a proposal that if the government can help and allocate
00:11:28a percentage of this to the development budget of that province, it can be an incentive.
00:11:32Well, people will know that in this province they abide by this, or
00:11:35less fuel is consumed, and a part of it will reach them. This
00:11:39can be attractive. Also, when consumption
00:11:42decreases, gasoline consumption decreases, which is also good for
00:11:46the environment. CNG consumption in our province increased by 40%
00:11:50to 60%. The average is around 40.4%
00:11:54but in some areas, it has also increased.
00:11:57And 85% of people practically had no particular problem. Only
00:12:01about 15% were, for example, medical professionals, those traveling from one city to another,
00:12:05teachers, or a series of special individuals. They tried to
00:12:08consider even public transportation. For example, there are some special
00:12:12taxis that have been given a quota, for example, 10 liters or 8
00:12:15liters per 100 kilometers. They have been
00:12:18allocated this. They have tried to consider all aspects to have the
00:12:22least impact, and even a system
00:12:25has been designed that will soon, God willing, be more known to the public.
00:12:28Currently, they might have less information. If someone came to a station
00:12:32and their quota ran out and they faced a problem, through that system, if a passenger came to
00:12:36your province, oh, well, they probably give the passenger 40 liters as a quota.
00:12:39Even besides that, if it's less, that system registers it and
00:12:43it's clear how much fuel has been taken and in what way,
00:12:47whether they are really smuggling or not, for example, whether it's their normal consumption,
00:12:51and based on this, it can be controlled, and dissatisfaction can be minimized. Now, 11 other
00:12:55provinces saw that the results in Kerman were relatively good, and those queues
00:12:58were practically eliminated. They themselves were eager for this to happen,
00:13:02not other provinces. They themselves followed up, and this plan is being implemented
00:13:05in 11 other provinces. From a legal perspective, you are a legislator,
00:13:09and the Seventh Plan also states that it should reach this number.
00:13:12Has the commission followed up on this issue from
00:13:16a monitoring perspective? Yes, regarding CNG, as you
00:13:18explained, one million dual-fuel CNG vehicles should be created
00:13:22by, God willing, one and a half years from now, depending on when
00:13:26the resources are provided. Currently, I think 450,000 have been created,
00:13:29and 550,000 to 580,000 are planned for the next year.
00:13:33There was a debt to these people who are creating
00:13:36CNG or converting vehicles to dual-fuel, which was about
00:13:404 trillion tomans, if I'm not mistaken. Just today,
00:13:43the Deputy Minister of Interior announced that it has been planned to give them
00:13:472 trillion tomans in the next two weeks, and the other 2 trillion, God willing, will be given
00:13:51at the first opportunity. That's news for today. Yes, in today's meeting,
00:13:55we saw this news that they announced that this can, well, have an effect. The more
00:13:59we can diversify our fuel basket, the better it is for the country.
00:14:02And we, well, need to look at it a bit more realistically.
00:14:05For example, if a country can export gasoline, it can export at least one dollar per
00:14:09liter. But what about gas? Each cubic meter is somewhat equivalent to
00:14:1323, 23 cents, or 25 cents, even if you want to import
00:14:17or export its fuel value. That is, every 4 cubic meters
00:14:20have the value of one liter in terms of fuel value.
00:14:24And it is better for us to increase our gas and so on. We can export
00:14:27our diesel or import less if we need to import. This way, it will definitely be
00:14:31economically beneficial for the country. Thank you very much, Mr. Veis Karami. You mentioned
00:14:35in your speech that Tehran province is one of our
00:14:38high-consumption provinces. Currently, a plan is being implemented in the country.
00:14:42One part of it is that you have collected the fuel cards of the stations.
00:14:46Approximately 11 provinces have collected the fuel cards
00:14:49of the stations. And in
00:14:52the capital, a plan is being implemented that if
00:14:55the first and second quotas are finished,
00:14:59the vehicle owner who comes to the station must receive
00:15:03a token or a password. How effective has this been?
00:15:07Of course, we also had some reports of queues
00:15:09at the beginning of this plan, but these queues have now
00:15:13decreased. How effective has this been? Please answer
00:15:16this before we get to the CNG topic. Yes, you see, three things happened
00:15:20regarding gasoline. I would like to tell you that
00:15:24since the beginning of Shahrivar of this year,
00:15:25the price
00:15:29of the emergency station card increased from 5,000 tomans to 10,000 tomans.
00:15:32You see, in the first 16 days
00:15:35of Shahrivar, our average gasoline consumption
00:15:39throughout the country was 144 million liters
00:15:42per day. With this change that occurred in the
00:15:46third rate, meaning the station card, in the second half
00:15:49of Shahrivar, meaning the next 15 days,
00:15:53the number reached 133 million liters. This means
00:15:56that within 15 days, this action was taken with
00:16:00the approval of the respected Board of Ministers.
00:16:04The working group of Article 8, resolution of the second of Azar
00:16:071404, the Board of Ministers. In the second
00:16:1115 days of Shahrivar compared
00:16:13to the first 16 days of Shahrivar,
00:16:17we, yes, went from 14 to 44 million to
00:16:20133 million. How much daily consumption decreased? 11
00:16:24million liters daily. This is a decrease in consumption. Now, if you multiply
00:16:27it by 15, it's approximately 16.
00:16:30It was a high number during this period when the travel
00:16:34season was at its peak. We had the maximum consumption in Shahrivar.
00:16:37We had 160 million liters of gasoline. If this
00:16:41had not been done, we would have had at least 14 to 44
00:16:45million until the end of Shahrivar. Well,
00:16:48at the same time, you see, we also did another thing,
00:16:52which is the collection of fuel cards
00:16:55from fuel stations. This was also in the Parliament's law,
00:16:59the budget law of 1403, 1404,
00:17:01that the maximum use should be from personal
00:17:05cards, and a maximum of 5% should be from station
00:17:08cards. Well, this helped to increase
00:17:12the use of personal cards and decrease the use of station
00:17:15cards. We started implementing it
00:17:18as a pilot project in Kerman province, Hormozgan
00:17:22province. They were truly provinces where people
00:17:25were queuing, meaning 3-kilometer, 4-kilometer queues.
00:17:29Dr. Hemmati himself was in Kerman province, he lives
00:17:33there, he constantly commutes and observed that the situation
00:17:37was very
00:17:39excuse me, Dr. Hemmati said that the savings were made
00:17:43available for people's livelihoods. Exactly how many trillions of tomans
00:17:47resulted from these gasoline savings in these provinces? You see, with the actions
00:17:51taken, 13 trillion tomans were saved. It is the explicit
00:17:54order of the respected President that all of this should
00:17:57be spent on people's livelihoods. The commodity coupon that they changed
00:18:01the price of, I mentioned the emphasis of the individual
00:18:04until when, until what period? Until the first
00:18:07days of Aban. You see, so the government
00:18:11has targeted it in that way. It should be spent
00:18:14on people's livelihoods, especially
00:18:17low-income individuals. Well, we started
00:18:21collecting cards in Kerman province. It was the first
00:18:24province where it was implemented as a pilot project. The first
00:18:28result was that the queues at Kerman province stations were truly
00:18:31eliminated. In Mordad, I'm talking about
00:18:35the 13th of Mordad. We had a percentage decrease in gasoline
00:18:39consumption. We had an increase in CNG consumption. How much CNG?
00:18:43CNG consumption is now 15% higher throughout the country
00:18:46compared to before September 16th. We had
00:18:501 million 14 million and approximately 700 thousand cubic
00:18:53meters, I mean before September 16th.
00:18:56So we are still behind that target.
00:18:59165 was added. This is a significant
00:19:03number. Meaning with these changes that occurred in the issue
00:19:06of increasing the third rate, the collection of cards, as I mentioned,
00:19:10the pilot project was implemented in Kerman province,
00:19:14then we extended it to Sistan
00:19:16and Baluchestan province in Shahrivar. So in Shahrivar, it became Kerman
00:19:20and Sistan and Baluchestan. In Mehr, three provinces became South Khorasan,
00:19:24in addition to the two provinces. And from the beginning of Aban, we added 8
00:19:27more provinces to this plan. We said that their free cards
00:19:31should be collected as much as possible. Maximum
00:19:35fueling should be done with personal cards. And this has truly
00:19:38caused, as Dr. Hemmati also mentioned, we have had a good
00:19:42decrease in gasoline consumption in these provinces. On the contrary,
00:19:44we have had an increase in CNG consumption in these provinces. These
00:19:48have caused the number that I mentioned to you, in the first
00:19:52decade of Aban, our gasoline
00:19:55distribution has been negative compared to the decade. But there is still
00:19:59work to be done. The target that has been set, you see, we have set
00:20:03a target of what point we should reach. You see, we said
00:20:06it should reach 120 million per day in Dey and Bahman.
00:20:10For Azar, we targeted 125 million liters per day. People
00:20:14have cooperated. We truly appreciate and thank all our compatriots
00:20:18across the country. The situation is a special situation. Providing
00:20:21gasoline costs the government a lot.
00:20:24It is being done despite the difficult conditions that
00:20:28everyone is aware of. The more we can
00:20:32have gasoline consumption management plans in terms of cards.
00:20:35It has been
00:20:50added by 15%. More than 2 million
00:20:53cubic meters of CNG, or the equivalent of 2 million liters
00:20:57of gasoline per day, has been added to CNG consumption. We have
00:21:01about 4 million dual-fuel CNG vehicles.
00:21:04You see, we have good conditions both in terms
00:21:08of distribution infrastructure and transportation fleet.
00:21:12We have also planned this and are continuing it. We really must
00:21:16use CNG, which is a cheap and clean fuel. God willing,
00:21:20it will be used, and the more we can increase
00:21:23CNG consumption, the more gasoline consumption will naturally decrease.
00:21:27It also requires some support, which, God willing, we will ask
00:21:30you about in the coming years for the station owners' guild. Dr. Hemmati,
00:21:34regarding the issue of legislation, please tell us what kind of support
00:21:38the Parliament wants to provide. We currently have 26 million vehicles in our country
00:21:41that have fuel cards. Of these, 3 million and
00:21:44850 thousand of them have been converted to dual-fuel. We also have about
00:21:48288 thousand taxis that are currently
00:21:52gas-powered. Some people have registered
00:21:56and need to be converted to dual-fuel.
00:21:59Each car costs approximately 500 million, 500 dollars,
00:22:03which is approximately equivalent to 75 million tomans
00:22:06to convert to gas. Please tell us what the Parliament wants to do for CNG
00:22:10and LPG, and also that we must move towards
00:22:14electric cars as well. Well,
00:22:16as you said, it is better for us to diversify our fuel
00:22:20basket much more. Currently, the focus is mostly on gasoline.
00:22:24The more we can increase our CNG stations and
00:22:27provide incentives for CNG and other
00:22:31fuels, the more it can help a lot. One issue
00:22:35is infrastructure, which the government is also trying to do,
00:22:38especially regarding both CNG and electric vehicles. If we can
00:22:42have enough electric charging stations across the country,
00:22:46well, that can be very attractive. For example, currently, someone who has an electric car can't really
00:22:50count on it for travel in that sense. They can mostly count on it within
00:22:54the province or city. But if it's available everywhere in the country, it will be very
00:22:57helpful. The plan that the government has, especially the National Iranian
00:23:00Oil Refining and Distribution Company, is that for any license they want to give
00:23:04for stations, for
00:23:08gas stations, it says that they must also have electric charging,
00:23:12and those stations that existed before,
00:23:15those that have capacity and space, they are also electrifying them. This can
00:23:19help a lot. And alongside this, they are also creating some new stations specifically
00:23:23for electricity. This itself creates a huge capacity.
00:23:26Alongside these, they are also building 400 CNG stations across
00:23:30the country, 50 of which are for southern Kerman and 50 for Hormozgan
00:23:34and so on, where there is probably higher consumption and a higher
00:23:38probability of smuggling. They are helping people to move more towards
00:23:41CNG. Also, a study we did showed that the numbers
00:23:44reported from the cities of southern Kerman province
00:23:48had a higher decrease in consumption,
00:23:52meaning, for example, the cities in the north of the province had a 7-8%,
00:23:5510% decrease in consumption compared to before that plan.
00:23:59But in the south of the province, we even had up to 205%.
00:24:03Well, this shows that these cases can be controlled.
00:24:07A new plan can control some smuggling and so on that happens,
00:24:11to help people who really need it, in terms of CNG
00:24:15infrastructure, electric charging stations, not to face problems.
00:24:18The Parliament is also supporting
00:24:26and has planned, as Mr. Ehsan Jan Mohammadi,
00:24:30the chairman of the board of directors of the National CNG Association, is on the line.
00:24:34Greetings to you, Mr. Jan Mohammadi. Hello and good time to you,
00:24:37Dr. Hemmati, Mr. Engineer Rais Karami, and all
00:24:41the honorable viewers of Iran. Mr. Jan Mohammadi, in our
00:24:44previous program when we were with you, on the topic of fuel
00:24:48basket diversification in the country and specifically CNG, of which you
00:24:52are the chairman of the board of directors of the National CNG Association,
00:24:55you had demands. You stated
00:24:59that there are approximately 2,000
00:25:02CNG stations across the country, but
00:25:06your station owners have
00:25:09demands from the government. Please tell us if these have been paid or
00:25:12not. I would like to tell you that, yes, exactly on
00:25:16October 29th, the respected
00:25:18Board of Ministers approved the increase in the commission
00:25:22of CNG stations.
00:25:24Exactly today, the Ministry of Petroleum announced this to the National Gas Company, and
00:25:28we think that within the next two weeks, all the claims of CNG stations,
00:25:32which amount to about 8 trillion tomans, will be paid,
00:25:36God willing. God willing. Regarding the issue of, well, since we have also
00:25:39lost a part of our country's gas, will this gas
00:25:43imbalance issue also affect
00:25:45CNG stations or not? Mr.
00:25:49Are we witnessing gas outages at CNG stations last year
00:25:53or currently? I would like to tell
00:25:56you that in previous years, yes, in some provinces where we had gas
00:26:00restrictions, unfortunately, there were gas stations.
00:26:12It's the total gas production of the country. We think that cutting
00:26:15off CNG gas in the peak seasons,
00:26:18especially this year when our gas imbalance problem is more severe, will
00:26:22actually not have a positive impact on our
00:26:26gas imbalance, but it will simply cause our gasoline
00:26:28imbalance and gasoline consumption to increase. And I
00:26:49hope that the operation of these stations will help improve the gasoline consumption
00:26:53situation. How much of your claims have been paid so far?
00:26:56Exactly, I would like to tell you that the claims of CNG stations, which have not
00:27:00yet been paid, will be paid within the next two weeks. But, well, the claims
00:27:03of our conversion contractors are an issue that, as
00:27:07Dr. mentioned today, it was approved two weeks ago at
00:27:10the National Oil Refining and Distribution Company and the National Oil Products Distribution Company.
00:27:14I think that within the next two weeks, our contractors will also receive all their rights
00:27:18and dues, which have been pending for a year. This will be paid,
00:27:22and this issue will help a lot in converting our dual-fuel vehicles.
00:27:25In our opinion, given the capacity of about 200,000
00:27:29vehicles, we unfortunately this year can only
00:27:36activate our own workshops and carry out vehicle conversions.
00:27:39Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Jan Mohammadi, Chairman of the Board of Directors
00:27:43of the National CNG Association. Mr.
00:27:46Engineer Veis Karami, please tell us about the claims of both
00:27:50contractors and CNG station owners. Yes, you see,
00:27:53Mr. Jan Mohammadi made a point. Yes, in previous
00:27:56years, if we had CNG gas outages during peak
00:28:00consumption, it was very limited
00:28:03and occurred in specific cities. So last year, it probably
00:28:07didn't even reach one day, and that was only in a few
00:28:10cities. That in previous years, they referred to CNG station outages,
00:28:14no, it was very, very limited. I mean, the number
00:28:17last year or in 1403
00:28:21was very low. Some specific days,
00:28:24some cities in the northwest of the country, the north
00:28:28of the country, I mean, last year, it probably didn't even reach half a day in one or two cities.
00:29:51that we obtained from the Budget and Planning Organization, we supplied 20,000 tons of diesel.
00:29:55The resources that are obtained from the supply of 20,000
00:29:58tons of diesel, which is approximately equal to the amount of claims
00:30:02they have. This has been sold, and the buyer
00:30:06is in the process of depositing the money
00:30:09into our account, and we will convert it into rials, so that, God willing,
00:30:13we can pay the claims. car conversion companies
00:30:16from single-fuel to dual-fuel. God willing, we will give it to them in the near future, meaning
00:30:20whatever they demand, God willing, I will pay
00:30:23and we will settle the accounts so that, God willing, we can convert the fleet with greater speed, especially
00:30:27those cars that carry passengers and work
00:30:31on online platforms. They need to develop CNG
00:30:35and carry passengers. God willing, we can speed up and convert
00:30:38more of these
00:30:41I have a common question for both of you,
00:30:45first, Mr. Dr. Hemmati, please answer. Well, we are
00:30:48inevitably going towards new technologies. We are currently
00:30:52converting our gasoline cars to gas. So,
00:30:55why should we bring this product? With what mechanism should we bring it for
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