Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 48

28-November-2005

IRAN

Majlis Rejects Third Nominee For Petroleum Portfolio

Irans Majlis (parliament) voted on 23 November to reject the third nominee for the role of Minister of Petroleum put forward by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although Mohsen Tasalloti, Director of the Bandar Imam Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, had experience of an industry linked to the oil and gas sector unlike previous nominees Ali Saeedlou and Sadegh Mahsouli, who had...