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Iran oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigns amid US blockade, replaced by top executive

Amid a prolonged war and a continued US naval blockade of Tehran's petroleum shipments, Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned from his post, state media reported.According to a statement broadcast by state media outlet IRIB, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accepted Paknejad's resignation and appointed National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) chief Hamid Bovard as acting oil minister.