Iran’s Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister
Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was appointed as
advisor of newly elected Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, Fars
news agency reported.
Qasemi who served as Oil Minister in ex-president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's cabinet from 2011 to 2013 is one of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders. He is also an Iran-Iraq
war veteran.
He was head of the Khatam-ol Anbya Construction Headquarters
(affiliated with the IRGC), from 2007 to 2011.
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is the current Oil minister of Iran, not long
ago appointed by Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.