Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 34

24-Aug-2009

IRAN

Ahmadinejad Nominates Mirkazemi As Replacement For Nozari

Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears set for a confrontation with the Majlis Energy Committee, having on 19 August submitted a controversial list of nominees for membership of his next cabinet. Among the nominations most likely to be disputed by MPs is the proposal that Minister of Commerce Massoud Mirkazemi should replace Gholamhossein Nozari as Minister of Petroleum. Like...