Iranian woman becomes oil minister for the first time

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For the first time in history the Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh appointed Marzieh Shahdaei as the head of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) and deputy oil minister, Iranian news agency Shana reports.

Shahdaei has already served as the member of the NPC board of directors, RIA Novosti reports.