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To: FJB who wrote (438753)	8/3/2011 10:50:08 PM
From: SmoothSail	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793928

Rostam Ghasemi joins Ahmadinejad cabinet as oil minister, automatically making him head of global oil organisation Not good. This is a very nasty man who is under UN sanctions and blacklisted by western powers Iran revolutionary guards' commander set to become president of Opec Rostam Ghasemi, who is blacklisted by western powers, could have major role in determining global oil price Appointment of Rostam Ghasemi as Iran's oil minister and head of Opec would give him and the revolutionary guards access to an influential international platform. Photograph: Alireza Sotakbar/AFP/Getty Images A senior commander of Iran's revolutionary guards, who is subject to comprehensive international sanctions, has been nominated as the country's oil minister, a position that currently includes the presidency of Opec. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, sent a list of four ministers, including Rostam Ghasemi, commander of the revolutionary guards' Khatam al-Anbia military and industrial base, to the parliament for approval, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Read more here: guardian.co.uk