BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 4. Iranian Oil
Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned from his post today.
Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Deputy for Communications and
Information of the Presidential Office, announced the decision on
X.
The announcement notes that President Masoud Pezeshkian has
appointed Hamid Bovard as acting (caretaker) Minister of
Petroleum.
Tabatabaei stated that Pezeshkian accepted Paknejad’s
resignation and issued a decree naming Bovard as acting head of the
ministry.
According to later statements by the same official, Paknejad had
previously requested to step down for personal reasons.
Bovard, who has been serving as Deputy Oil Minister and Managing
Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), takes over the
ministry on an interim basis under Article 135 of the Iranian
Constitution.
Paknejad had held the post since August 2024, when he received
parliamentary approval with 222 votes.
