Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 29

20-Jul-2009

IRAN

Head Of Irans Atomic Energy Organization Resigns

The head of Irans Atomic Energy Organization and former Minister of Petroleum Gholamreza Aghazadeh has resigned from his post and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepted the resignation, the ISNA news agency reported on 16 July. Mr Aghazadeh, who is also one of several vice presidents in Iran, gave up his job 20 days ago, without giving further details. Mr Aghazadeh is an ally of former...