TEHRAN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned from his position, an Iranian presidential aide announced on Sunday.
In a post on social media platform X, Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy for communications at the Iranian president's office, said Paknejad's resignation was accepted by President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Speaking to state-run IRIB TV on Sunday, Tabatabaei said Paknejad had previously submitted his resignation for personal reasons, which Pezeshkian initially declined to accept, but later accepted.
He added that Hamid Bovard, deputy petroleum minister and managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company, has been appointed as acting petroleum minister in a decree issued by Pezeshkian.
Paknejad was appointed Iran's petroleum minister in August 2024 after winning the parliament's vote of confidence. ■
