DUBAI, ⁠Oct ⁠4 (Reuters) – Iran’s ⁠Oil ​Minister Mohsen ‌Paknejad ‌has ⁠resigned and ⁠Hamid Bovard, chief ​executive ​of the ⁠government-owned National ⁠Iranian ⁠Oil Company, ​will be ​in ⁠charge ⁠of the ministry as acting ⁠minister, state media said on Sunday.

(Reporting ⁠by Elwely Elwelly; Editing ​by Alex ​Richardson)

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