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Iran's deputy oil minister Alireza Zeighami says the country's diesel oil exports capacity currently stands at 2 million liters per day.

By increasing South Pars gas field's gas production capacity in the next Iranian calendar year (to start March 20), the country's diesel oil exports capacity would also raise considerably, Mehr news agency quoted Alireza Zeighami as saying on Saturday.

Tehran also plans to increase its gasoline storage capacity, he added.

Iran has started selling diesel oil conforming to Euro-4 standard in capital Tehran and some major cities. The country's daily consumption of diesel oil currently stands at 50 million liters.

Iran also started selling gasoline conforming to Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards in eight major cities early this month.

The move is a part of Iran's efforts to reduce air pollution. Motor vehicles account for 70 percent of air pollution in the Iranian capital city. Tehran says all carmakers would be obliged to manufacture cars meeting Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards.

Iran currently produces 14 million liters per day of gasoline conforming to Euro-4 and Euro-5. The amount would reach 22 million once the RFCC unit of Shazand oil refinery comes on stream, Mehr reported.

The Managing Director of Lavan Oil Refinery Company (LORC) Mohammad-Ali Dadvar said last month that Iran will double its gasoline production capacity at Persian Gulf refineries by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

The refineries' produced gasoline meets Euro-5 standard, he said.

Iranian Standards Organization's Deputy Director Bahador Kazemi also said earlier this month that Iranian refiners have been obliged to supply gasoline meeting Euro-4 standards since the beginning of the next Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2013).

The produced gasoline currently meets Euro-2 standards, he said, adding that newly established refineries are able to produce gasoline which meets both Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards.