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Article: IRAN - Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad.
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- APS Review Oil Market Trends
- Article date:
- April 23, 2007
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Iran's 6th President in office in August 2005, Ahmadi-Nejad heads the country's 9th Council of Ministers (cabinet) since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in early 1979 ousted the Pahlavi monarchy. Unlike most of his predecessors, Ahmadi-Nejad is not a religious figure. But he is under the influence of Iran's Ja'fari Shi'ite supremacists who, as religious figures, have much influence over the theocracy (see his profile in gmt17IranWhoApr23-07).
Through Ahmadi-Nejad, the IRGC now is in control over most sectors, notably including those of petroleum and petrochemicals. This is done indirectly through IRGC companies and affiliates. The IRGC, known as ...