OPEC’s second largest producer Iran is making a drastic cut in gasoline imports through rationing and expects to save nearly $3 billion in this Iranian year, a top Iranian oil official said on Tuesday.

Some OPEC members began pumping more crude well ahead of their decision earlier this month to increase output, Iran’s OPEC governor said.

After attending the Assembly of the United Nations Organization (UN), in New York, United States, and after his official journey to Bolivia, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will visit Venezuela for a few hours.