Tehran (IP) - Iran’s Deputy Minister of Petroleum for International Affairs, Amir-Hossein Zamaninia, has been accepted as the country’s new OPEC governor.

Iran Press/Iran News: Zamaninia, who is replacing Hossein Kazempour-Ardebili who died last month, won OPEC’s agreement during a ministerial meeting held via videoconferencing on Saturday.

OPEC ministers’ approval for the governor post is a legal custom. OPEC conferences do not assign any representative; rather they would confirm nominees designated by member states.

During Saturday's meeting, OPEC and its oil-producing allies agreed to extend their current deal to slash production that was set to expire at the end of June.

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