According to Al Jazeera, Mohammad Ghasemi, an official at Iran's Plan and Budget Organization, stated that the government must prepare next year's budget contingency plan for a scenario where oil revenues could drop to zero. The report noted that the November 3 budget directive takes into account two scenarios: the continuation of sanctions and blockades, and the easing of restrictions. "Zero oil revenue" is a stress scenario, which does not mean that revenues have already dropped to zero, nor does it equate to zero oil production.