Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advised the Iranian people to stock up on heating fuel due to an impending heating fuel shortage.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
Iran International's interview report quotes Bessent telling Iranians to start stocking up on heating fuel because there will be a big heating fuel shortage, and IBTimes repeats the same quote. The sources come from lower-credibility outlets, and the record is consistent with the claim as of 2026-10-27, so I grade it true with moderate confidence.
Our two reads of who says this, and how, disagree, so it counts as the post's own claim.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… That's what Ben does with Best. Let's play this. What are we playing him talking about Iran? "The other thing that I would tell the Iranian people is anything you need for the winter, you should go and get." Mr. Operation Outcast here. "The other thing that I would tell the Iranian people is you should start in anything you need for the winter, you should go and get. Now, you should start stocking up the on heating fuel. There's going to be a big heating fuel shortage. That, in terms of gasoline, everyone should fill up their tanks now." Then he says he has more advice to the Iranian people: "Don't pay your taxes." …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Iran International reports that in a Monday interview Bessent said, "You should start stocking up on heating fuel. There's going to be a big heating fuel shortage," matching the claimed advice and its stated cause.[1]
Supports. IBTimes, citing Bessent's Iran International interview, reports he said Iranians should "start stocking up on heating fuel" because there will be a "big heating fuel shortage."[2]
Context. Iran's acting Oil Minister Hamid Bovard publicly responded to Bessent's fuel warning, which indicates the advice was publicly made and reported rather than invented.[1]
Context. The sources are lower-credibility outlets (unrated or 0.40) and none is a tier1 transcript, so the direct quote rests on secondary reporting of a single interview.[1][2]
Sources
2 sources: 2 not rated
- 1Iran oil minister hits back at Bessent over fuel warning in ...iranintl.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2U.S. Keeps Escalating Economic Pressure on Iran. Tehran Officials Now Warn of Gas Shortages as Winter Looms.ibtimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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