Fereydoon Abbasi
Iranian nuclear scientist and politician (1958–2025)
Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani (11 July 1958 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian nuclear engineer and a member of IRGC who was head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 2011 to 2013. A principlist who also served in the Iranian Parliament, he was killed in an airstrike by Israel on 13 June 2025. He had previously been wounded in an assassination attempt in 2010.
Early life and education
Abbasi was born in Abadan, Iran on 11 July 1958. He held a PhD in nuclear physics.
Career
Abbasi was a professor of nuclear physics at Shahid Beheshti University and was reportedly a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He reportedly performed nuclear research at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). Prior to his appointment as head of the AEOI he chaired the physics department at Tehran's Imam Hossein University.
Abbasi was appointed head of AEOI by then president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 13 February 2011 to succeed Ali Akbar Salehi. In his tenure, the AEOI was unwilling to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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