Iranian OPEC governor dies after brain hemorrhage

Tehran (IP) - Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili has died of a brain hemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma on Saturday morning.

Iran PressIran news: "Kazempour Ardebili passed away in a Tehran hospital a few hours ago," Iranian media outlets reported, without providing more details.

Kazempour Ardebili was a key figure in Iran's oil industry and served as the country's deputy foreign minister and deputy oil minister in the 1980s.

He was ambassador to Japan in the early 1990s, while at the same time serving as OPEC governor. 

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