Veteran Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh has said he will not continue in his role once a new president is inaugurated after elections scheduled next month, ministry-run news service Shana reported May 17. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “I am retired.” said Zanganeh, 69, a technocrat politician with 20 years of service in various ministerial offices. “But I will remain in politics.” His departure comes at a critical moment for Iran’s oil industry, which is poised to return unrestricted to the market pending an agreement on nuclear sanctions with international powers. Amid negotiations, Tehran has ratcheted up production in recent months and succeeded in finding customers from its crude in China, according to market sources. Much […]