Symbolic imageIran's oil minister resigns as exports dry up under US pressure
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned amid a large drop in oil receipts, rampant inflation and a shrinking economy, The Guardian reports. According to Shana via Tehran Times, President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted the resignation and named Hamid Bovard acting minister, while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, per Breitbart, that Iran will have no oil revenue this week.
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