The Council of Ministers headed by Muhammad Reza Aref, the first vice president, in a meeting with the proposal of the plan and budget organization and the oil ministry, transferred the full authority to examine the price and quota of oil products to the special working group in the field of energy. This working group is obliged to examine and change the price and quota of oil and natural gas products, taking into account "economic, social and environmental considerations". In this context, the head of the Organization for Optimizing Energy Consumption and Strategic Management, Ismail Scab Esfahani, announced on Wednesday, November 6, emphasizing that the government seeks to reduce consumption and solve energy shortage problems through the gradual implementation of integrated plans, that the issue of determining the fourth gasoline rate is not at all on the government's agenda.