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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Ousted Iran oil minister warns of energy crunch

NICOSIA — Iran faces a disaster in its energy sector, a top official warned.

Iran's outgoing Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said the catastrophe would be sparked by high domestic energy consumption. Hamaneh, who resigned in mid-August, said the Iranian crisis could take place by 2022.

"If we do not find a solution to the energy problem in the next 15 years, the country will face a catastrophe," Hamaneh said on Aug. 19. "I am ready to prove that if the fuel situation continues along current trends, we will face an energy crisis in the future. The current pattern of consumption is a disaster for the country."

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Hamaneh, fired in a Cabinet reshuffle, was said to have opposed the purge by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Oil Ministry. Hamaneh was fired in wake of the introduction of gasoline rationing in June 2007, which sparked widespread unrest.

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