According to fvpresident.ir, Aref spoke Saturday at a meeting to set macro policies for wheat for the Iranian year 1406. Stressing the need for a unified approach to government communications on important and sensitive public issues, he said the government has a designated spokesperson, and its official positions and decisions are announced by Mohajerani at press briefings.

Noting the sensitivity of the gasoline and petroleum products issue and the public's expectation of accurate information on decisions in this area, he added that the government's decisions on gasoline and petroleum products are announced by the government spokesperson or the NIORDC CEO, and that remarks made by others on the sidelines of meetings do not constitute the government's binding position or decision.

Emphasizing that officials should refrain from commenting on matters that have not yet completed the final decision-making process, the First Vice President said: "My request to colleagues in the government is that even when the government is on the verge of making a decision that has not yet been finalized, they should not speak about it."

Referring to the process of reviewing proposals in specialized working groups and committees, Aref said that until a final decision is made, the decisions of working groups or committees may be amended or changed. Therefore, matters that are not yet final should not be presented as the government's official decision, since announcing the government's official positions follows a defined mechanism, and views expressed outside this framework or before decisions are finalized should not be regarded as the government's final decision.

He stressed that officials must observe this mechanism and said the public should receive information on the government's sensitive decisions, particularly on gasoline and petroleum products, from official sources and only after they are finalized.