India, Sept. 20 -- Ebrahim Azizi, the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, has dismissed claims made by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding hours-long petrol station queues in Iran as "nothing but baseless lies".

Context of the Dispute

The US Claim: During a US House of Representatives hearing, the US Treasury Secretary asserted that ordinary Iranians were facing major domestic strain, waiting up to three to four hours in line at gas stations to refuel their vehicles.

The Iranian Denial: Azizi took to social media to directly refute the assertion. Iranian state-affiliated media backed his dismissal, counter-claiming that footage from domestic fuel stations showed motorists...