Under Mysterious Circumstances .. Iranian Oil Minister Resigns

Al-Taj News – Mehdi Tabatabaei, the Iranian president’s media aide, reported that Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned from his post on Sunday, and that President Masoud Pezeshkian approved the resignation.

The Iranian president issued a decree appointing Hamid Bour (CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company) as supervisor and acting head of the Ministry of Oil.

No official source has issued any clarification regarding the reasons for the resignation.