Ahmadinejad to Run Iran Oil Ministry as Minister Dismissed

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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he will oversee the country’s Oil Ministry following the dismissal of its minister, Masoud Mir-Kazemi, as part of a plan to shrink government administration.

“I am the caretaker for the Oil Ministry,” Ahmadinejad said in an interview on Iran state television late yesterday.