Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 47

21-November-2005

IRAN

Ahmadinejad Proposes Third Nominee For Petroleum Portfolio

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed his third nomination for the position of Minister of Petroleum in a letter delivered to Majlis (parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel on 15 November. After MPs voted against the first nominee Ali Saeedlou because of his lack of oil industry experience (MEES, 29 August), and industry outsider Sadegh Mahsouli withdrew before...