TEHRAN (Xinhua) -- Iranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi said that Iran has stopped gasoline imports and is planning for its exports, the state IRIB TV reported on Thursday.

""Soon, we will export two ships of gasoline and the imports of five-billion-U.S. dollar worth of gasoline has already stopped,"" Rahimi was quoted as saying.
He made the brief remarks in the opening ceremony of a carpet exhibition in Tehran on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Iran's Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said that Iran has developed an urgent plan to confront the gasoline sanction pressures and gained self-sufficiency.
""By implementing the plan, the daily production of gasoline was increased to 66.5 million liters,"" Mirkazemi was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
The United States, European Union and some western countries have approved sanctions on some forms of energy exports to Iran to make the country halt its sensitive nuclear program.
As the fourth largest oil producer, Iran lags behind in oil refinery and relies heavily on imports of refined petroleum and other energy products.