Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Thursday assigned Ali Kordan as his acting deputy. Kordan used to serve as deputy labor minister and president of Iran’s Technical and Vocational Organization, deputy head of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Broadcasting (IRIB) for provincial and parliamentary affairs, deputy head of IRIB for administrative and financial affairs and deputy Culture and Islamic Guidance minister for administrative and financial affairs.
Last year, Kordan turned down a similar offer by the Former Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh.