Iran’s President Appoints New Oil Minister

摘要

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadhas responded to mounting political pres-sure to step down as acting oil minister byappointing a close ally, Mohammad Aliaba-di, in his place.But given the scale of the political infight-ing in Iran, it is far from certain that Aliaba-di, who was previously head of Iran’sOlympic Committee and has no oil industrybackground, will get the job full-time.