Sacked Iranian oil minister warns of energy crisis

Iran’s ex-oil minister, sacked by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a reshuffle last week, has warned of looming catastrophe in the energy sector because of high consumption, media reported yesterday.

“If we do not find a solution to the energy problem in the next 15 years, the country will face a catastrophe,” Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh was quoted as saying at his farewell ceremony late on Saturday by the ISNA student news agency.

“I am ready to prove that if the fuel situation continues along current trends we will face an energy crisis in the future,” he said. “The current pattern of consumption is a disaster for the country.”

TaipeiTimes