TEHRAN- For the first time in Iran, a female was appointed as the operator of a gas field development, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

In a decree on Sunday, Mohammad Meshkinfam, the managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company, which is in charge of developing Farzad gas field, appointed Dr. Shabnam Shahbazi to the post. 

Frazad is a gas field Iran shares with Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.  As it is a joint field, its development is a top agenda for POGC.

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