New foreign minister also approved Iran’s Parliament on Aug. 25 confirmed Javad Owji as the country’s new oil minister, taking on the job at a critical time when OPEC’s fourth-biggest crude oil producer faces stalled nuclear talks that could pave the way to add more barrels to the market and regain lost share., Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Owji was approved 198 to 70, with 18 abstentions, Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf announced in a televised address. He succeeds Bijan Zanganeh, who has 20 years of service at various ministries. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was also confirmed, 270 to 10 with six abstentions, replacing Javad Zarif who has been leading Iran’s side in the nuclear talks. “Following the unfair US sanctions against the Iranian nation, oil […]