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Monday, October 5, 2026 15:6 GMT
Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned for personal reasons, and Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be acting minister, state media said on Sunday. Mohsen Paknejad, oil minister of the OPEC member country since August 2024, resigned as the seven-month-old war between Iran and the US has put pressure on the country's economy. Mehdi Tabatabaei, communications deputy in the president's office, told state TV that Paknejad...More