Reuters - Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia has been named as Irans caretaker OPEC Governor, replacing Hossein Kazempour Ardebili who died earlier this month, a state-affiliated news website said on Saturday. A search for a permanent governor is underway, the YJC site said. Ardebili, who served as Irans representative to the Organization ...

Bloomberg | Grant Smith and Golnar Motevalli: He survived a bombing that left him badly wounded, shrugged off accusations of arms smuggling, and defended Irans oil interests through war and sanctions. Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, who died on Saturday, was one of the ultimate OPEC negotiators. Kazempour -- steely, charming, and combative -- was Irans ...

SHANA -- Sun Xiansheng, Secretary General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), sent a letter of condolences to Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh on the death of Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, Irans representative at the board of governors of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The following is the ...

SHANA -- Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), sent an official letter of condolences to the Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh to express his sorrow for the death of Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, Irans OPEC governor. The following is the full text of the message:...

SHANA -- Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili died early Saturday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and spending nearly two weeks in a coma. He was a veteran negotiator and shepherded Iran's oil policy in OPEC. Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh immediately expressed his deepest feelings about Mr. Kazempour's demise. He ...