Iran oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigns as war with US drags into eighth month
Amid a prolonged war with the US and mounting pressure on the economy, Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, state media reported on Sunday. According to an official at the president’s office cited by state media, President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted Paknejad’s resignation and appointed Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-owned National Iranian Oil…