Principaux renseignements Suite à l’effondrement des exportations de pétrole brut et à la chute des recettes due aux sanctions américaines, le ministre iranien du Pétrole a démissionné. Dimanche, le président Masoud Pezeshkian a officiellement accepté la démission de Mohsen Paknejad, puis a nommé Hamid Bovard, directeur de la Compagnie nationale iranienne du pétrole (NIOC), au […]

President Masoud Pezeshkian accepted Mohsen Paknejad’s resignation on Sunday and appointed NIOC chief Hamid Bovard as acting oil minister

Key takeaways Na de ineenstorting van de ruwe-olieverzendingen en de kelderende inkomsten als gevolg van Amerikaanse sancties is de Iraanse minister van Olie afgetreden. President Masoud Pezeshkian heeft zondag het ontslag van Mohsen Paknejad formeel aanvaard en vervolgens Hamid Bovard, de leider van de National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), benoemd tot interim-minister. Dat meldt Reuters. […]

İran Petrol Bakanı Muhsin Paknejad istifa etti, yerine İran Ulusal Petrol Şirketi (NIOC) Genel Müdürü Hamid Boverd vekaleten atandı.

Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, with NIOC chief Hamid Bovard set to serve as acting minister.

Ο Μόχσεν Πακνετζάντ υπέβαλε την παραίτησή του και ο επικεφαλής της κρατικής Εθνικής Ιρανικής Εταιρείας Πετρελαίου (NIOC), Χαμίντ Μποβάρντ, αναλαμβάνει τα καθήκοντά του ως υπηρεσιακός υπουργός.

5 October 2026 (Navroze Bureau) Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned from his post, with President Masoud Pezeshkian accepting his departure and appointing Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), as acting oil minister. The resignation was announced on Sunday and comes at a particularly sensitive time for Iran’s energy sector, which is facing severe pressure from international sanctions and restrictions on the country’s oil exports.

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 Company (NIOC), as acting oil minister. Paknejad had served as oil minister since August 2024. State media did not give a reason for his resignation or indicate whether it was linked directly to the economic pressures created by the conflict. The change comes as Iran's vital oil industry faces growing pressure, with the war adding uncertainty around exports and government revenues. Shortly before news of his resignation emerged, Paknejad sought to reassure the public about oil earnings, saying: "Revenues of the oil that we have sold are still coming and that will continue God willing." Bovard, who has led NIOC, will now oversee the ministry on an acting basis as Iran navigates mounting economic and energy challenges. RIAL HITS RECORD LOW This comes as the broader economic picture has become increasingly difficult for Tehran. According to Reuters, Iran's rial fell to a record low on...

5 October 2026 Punjab Khabarnama Bureau  : Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned from his post, with President Masoud Pezeshkian accepting his departure and appointing Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), as acting oil minister. The resignation was announced on Sunday and comes at a particularly sensitive time for Iran’s energy sector, which is facing severe pressure from international sanctions and restrictions on the country’s oil exports.

Iranian oil minister steps down Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, the president's office said in a statement on Sunday, amid long queues at petrol stations caused by the ongoing war and US sanctions. Paknejad, a member of President Masoud Pezeshkian's cabinet since August 2024, gave no reason for his resignation. Hamid Bord, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), "has been appointed as acting Minister of Oil by a decree from the president", according to a statement carried by Iran’s state media. Bord has held senior positions at NIOC and previously headed several of its operating units, including the National Iranian South Oil Company and the Iranian Offshore Oil Company.

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Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Hamid Bovard dismissed a video shared by US President Donald Trump purporting to show Kharg Island under attack, calling Trump’s posts “laughable” and saying oil operations on the key Persian Gulf export hub had not halted. “Conditions in Kharg are calm and appropriate and oil activities on the island have not stopped even for a moment,” Bovard, who also serves as chief of the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC), told Fars News Agency on August 31. Trump posted an AI-generated clip on his social media platform early in the day showing the island’s oil facilities apparently engulfed in flames. “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens,” he wrote on Truth Social. There was no evidence that the Iranian energy hub had come under attack. Bovard said Kharg, from which about 90% of Iran’s oil exports are shipped, had been bombed “on different occasions by the American-Zionist enemy”, but oil industry workers and operational teams had kept activities running. “Several contractors are now carrying out repairs and modernisation of storage tanks, while work on jetties, tanks and previously planned projects is continuing without interruption,” he said. Kharg has come under fire during the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran in late February. The United States pounded the island twice, in mid-March and early April, targeting military sites including naval mine depots, shelters and missile storage facilities. Washington said oil facilities and export infrastructure were not deliberately targeted. On June 16, Kharg’s special district governor, Negahdar Hosseinpour, said 548 missiles had hit the island during the strikes, including 50 in one of the heaviest attacks in mid-March. He said oil production, storage and exports continued without disruption and that shipments Iran’s oil exports did not stop. Hosseinpour also said six ferryboats were hit over two days in attempts to cut Kharg’s links with the mainland, but fishing and civilian vessels kept residents and oil workers moving, leaving the island connected to the mainland. The latest tensions followed US strikes on two rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz on a day earlier. Washington said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the strategic waterway. Iran responded with missile and drone attacks on US positions in Jordan and the UAE.