Iran's oil minister Mohsin Paknejad resigned for personal reasons. Currently, the Islamic Republic is trying to maintain its oil industry under the tightening US blockade. According to Iran's official news agency, the Islamic Republic News Agency, President Masood Pezerhizyan accepted Paknejad's resignation on Sunday, having rejected the oil official's resignation request several times before. According to Iran's official news agency Shana, Pezheziyan appointed Hamid Boward, Deputy Minister of Petroleum and General Manager of Iran's National Petroleum Company, as interim minister. Bovald previously led a number of Iran's National Petroleum Company subsidiaries focused on oil and gas production and exploration. The oil industry taken over by the new minister is facing unprecedented pressure from the US, and Washington is trying to get a favorable outcome to its seven-month war with Tehran. The US naval blockade in the Persian Gulf has brought Iran's oil exports — a key source of revenue — to a standstill, which in turn has forced the industry to cut production. Iran is also facing shortages of gasoline and gas, a problem exacerbated by the war.

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Iran's oil minister Mohsin Paknejad resigned for personal reasons. Currently, the Islamic Republic is trying to maintain its oil industry under the tightening US blockade. According to Iran's official news agency, the Islamic Republic News Agency, President Masood Pezerhizyan accepted Paknejad's resignation on Sunday, having rejected the oil official's resignation request several times before. According to Iran's official news agency Shana, Pezheziyan appointed Hamid Boward, Deputy Minister of Petroleum and General Manager of Iran's National Petroleum Company, as interim minister. Bovald previously led a number of Iran's National Petroleum Company subsidiaries focused on oil and gas production and exploration. The oil industry taken over by the new minister is facing unprecedented pressure from the US, and Washington is trying to get a favorable outcome to its seven-month war with Tehran. The US naval blockade in the Persian Gulf has brought Iran's oil exports — a key source of revenue — to a standstill, which in turn has forced the industry to cut production. Iran is also facing shortages of gasoline and gas, a problem exacerbated by the war.