Iran Parliament Makes Military Man Oil Minister

August 3, 2011

Author: 

Robin Pomeroy and Ramin Mostafavi

Publication: 

Reuters

Iran's parliament approved Rostam Qasemi as the the country's oil minister. Qasemi is a Revolutionary Guards commander who formerly headed Khatam al-Anbia, a Guards' construction and engineering company. Qasemi has been under U.S. and EU sanctions since 2010.