The resignation comes two weeks after Ahmadinejad replaced his ministers of industry and oil in a surprise move that is seen as an attempt to increase his control over the economy.
(AFP)
RFE/RL Iran Report
RFE/RL Iran Report
(RFE/RL) August 26, 2007 -- Iran's official IRNA news agency says that the head of the Iranian central bank, Ibrahim Sheibani, has resigned and that the resignation had been accepted by President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's administration.
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