Mohammad Reza Aref said on Sunday that gasoline demand in Iran had reached 200 million liters per day in the early days of the Israeli aggression that started on June 13.

Aref said that people were able to fill their tanks despite the sudden rise in demand, which many believe could have caused mayhem at gas stations.

“The tranquility we saw at gas stations was exceptional, and there was no single case of dissatisfaction,” he said in a meeting with Iranian Oil Ministry officials in Tehran.

Israel launched attacks on two fuel storage facilities in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on June 15, hoping they could disrupt fuel supplies and lead to protests in the city.

The attacks came as millions of people were moving out to safer places in the north of Iran amid drone attacks and airstrikes that had directly targeted residential areas in the capital.

That came as Iran’s retaliatory attacks on a major refinery in the Israeli-controlled city of Haifa led to an acute fuel shortage in the occupied territories, with a video footage published on social media showing Israelis fighting in gas stations.

The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said on Sunday that the company's supply of fuel to gas stations across the country had increased by 50% during the 12-day war of aggression with the Israeli regime.