TehranIran’s state oil company chief now also runs its ministry.
Iran must sell crude through a US naval blockade of its ports.
The US counter-blockaded Iranian ports after Tehran blocked Hormuz shipping, aiming to stop Iran’s crude exports.
Shortly before, state media cited Mohsen Paknejad saying “revenues of the oil that we have sold are still coming.”
A presidential official cited personal issues, and Hamid Bovard is acting minister only.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 70+ reports worldwide
- The Times of Israel
- foregrounds US blockade of Iranian oil exports and Iran's retaliatory seizure of commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
- Reuters
- NDTV
Sources: The Times of Israel, Reuters, NDTV