Iran’s Veteran OPEC Governor in Coma After Brain Hemorrhage
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Iran’s governor at OPEC, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, went into a coma at a hospital in Tehran after suffering a brain hemorrhage, an official at the country’s oil ministry said.
Kazempour, who was first appointed as Iran’s governor to OPEC in 1985 and also served as the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Japan, is considered by his peers as a formidable negotiator who is typically integral to forming Iran’s position, even standing in for Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh during a gathering in 2018.