Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 20

16-May-2011

IRAN

Mirkazemi Will Not Remain After Merger Of Irans Oil And Energy Ministries

Irans Deputy Minister of Energy Ali Zabihi told journalists in Tehran on 9 May that following the decision of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to merge the petroleum and energy ministries, Minister of Petroleum Masoud Mirkazemi will be stepping down once the merger is completed. Mr Zabihi said: It is almost decided that with this model that the government has...