Iran Press/ Iran News: In a condolence message, Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote: "He was a clever and strong defender of national interests and a trustworthy and accurate advisor to the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Zarif extended condolences to his family and colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Oil.
Iran's OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili passed away at the age of 68 of a brain hemorrhage at a hospital in capital Tehran on Saturday, two weeks after falling into a coma.
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The late Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was appointed as Iran's representative to OPEC – the oil organization that accounts for about a third of world supply – in 1995 and served for 13 years.
Kazempour Ardebili once again became Iran's governor to OPEC in 2013 and had held the post until he passed away.
In the early 1990s, Kazempour Ardebili had been Iran’s ambassador to Japan. He also served as the country's deputy foreign minister and deputy oil minister in the 1980s.
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