Local economists complain that the subsidy tips the trade balance the wrong way, want only increases state spending, encourages people to waste fuel or smuggle it abroad and is regressive because the poor do not own cars.

• 伊朗国内的经济专家指责这种补贴将破坏贸易平衡，只会加剧国家经济负担，导致很多没有汽车的穷人将燃料浪费或走私到国外。