Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 49

5-December-2005

IRAN

Majlis Support Growing For Vaziri-Hamaneh To Become Permanent Oil Minister

There is growing support in Irans Majlis (parliament) for Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh, currently the interim Minister of Petroleum, to be given the role on a permanent basis, MEES understands. Mr Vaziri-Hamaneh, who has a long track record in the oil industry, was first appointed to the caretaker role when the Majlis rejected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads first...