Al Jazeera, May 20, 2011

Iran's constitutional watchdog has deemed illegal Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to take over the role of oil minister, after Iran's president removed the previous minister along with two others earlier in the week.

Iran's president was said to have assumed the role earlier this week as part of a government shakeup that reduced the number of ministries from 21 to 17. The move put him in direct control of the government unit responsible for the extraction and export of the world's fifth largest oil and gas reserves.....

In other Ahmadinejad "when you're in trouble, talk conspiracy" news:

Iran Blames West for Drought
Uskowi on Iran, May 19, 2011

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today accused the West of causing drought in Iran and other countries in the region.

"Western countries have designed plans to cause drought in certain areas of the world, including Iran," Ahmadinejad said. "According to reports on climate, whose accuracy has been verified, European countries are using special equipment to force clouds to dump their water on their continent,” he added. “They (are) preventing rain clouds from reaching regional countries, including Iran," Ahmadinejad charged....