Reported by PMOI/MEK

May 24, 2018 – The aftermath of a strike launched by truck drivers across Iran is already resulting in a major gasoline shortage in gas stations throughout Fars Province in southern Iran.

Most of the gas stations in the city of Shiraz are closed due to the gasoline and diesel fuel shortage. Those very few gas stations open were scenes of long ques of vehicles seeking to purchase gasoline. Authorities are concerned such lines will lead to public revolts and new reasons for anti-regime protests.

Over 1-kilometer ques were reported at gas stations in Shiraz and Firouz Abad of Fars Province, and some stations only provide gasoline. Diesel fuel is becoming literally extinct in these areas.

Gas stations in Shiraz, such as Darki, Chamran and Teachers Square, were scenes of long lines of people seeking gasoline even at 2 am in the morning.

The Amir Kabir pump station, specially equipped for gas-fuel vehicles, was also the scene of a very long line. People across the city of Shiraz are discussing the truck drivers’ strike and everyone is fully aware that such lines are due to the shortage of fuel reaching to the pump stations.

In other news, the PMOI/MEK reporter in Kazerun says all internet lines are continuously cut off and people cannot easily access the web. Intense jamming signals are also imposed on foreign-based satellite networks.

After last week’s protests, the mothers of those protesters killed and arrested are seen going to the police station on a daily basis, seeking information about their loved ones. Iranian regime authorities, however, refuse to provide any clear information about the youths’ status.

It is worth noting that people were promised to see prisoners released on Wednesday, only to prevent people and the families from staging a gathering outside the city’s judiciary building.