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Fereydoon Abbasi

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Fereydoon Abbasi

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.

Infobox

Constituency
Kazerun
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Deputy
Mohammad Ahmadian
Preceded by
Mohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Succeeded by
Ali Akbar Salehi
Born
(1958-07-11)11 July 1958Abadan, Imperial State of Iran
Died
13 June 2025(2025-06-13) (aged 66)Tehran, Iran
Manner of death
Assassination by airstrike
Nationality
Iran
Political party
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists
Education
PhD in nuclear physics
Alma mater
Shahid Beheshti University[citation needed]
Branch/service
IRGC (rumored)
Party
Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists

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Preceded byMohammad Nabavi
Preceded byMohammad Nabavi
Academic offices
Preceded byMohammad Nabavi
Academic offices
President of Imam Hossein University 2001–2011
Academic offices
Succeeded byAlireza Hosseini
Political offices
Political offices
Academic offices
Political offices
Preceded byMohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Preceded byMohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Academic offices
Preceded byMohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Academic offices
Head of Atomic Energy Organization 2011–2013
Academic offices
Succeeded byAli Akbar Salehi
Academic offices
Preceded byMohammad Nabavi
President of Imam Hossein University 2001–2011
Succeeded byAlireza Hosseini
Political offices
Preceded byMohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Head of Atomic Energy Organization 2011–2013
Succeeded byAli Akbar Salehi

References

  1. Persian: فریدون عباسی دوانی
  2. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/world/middleeast/iran-military-generals-killed-israel.html
  3. Arab News
    https://arab.news/pytuh
  4. "Breaking News: Iran's state television says deputy commander in chief of all Armed Forces Gen. Gholamali Rashid has been killed and nuclear scientist Fereydoun Abbasi"
    https://x.com/farnazfassihi/status/1933341786665062811
  5. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/iran-nuclear-program-israel-strike-damage.html
  6. "Iranian 'nuclear scientist' killed"
    http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/11/201011297228879910.html
  7. Kashmir Observer
    https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/06/13/who-are-the-iranian-scientists-who-have-been-killed/
  8. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html?pagewanted=all
  9. "Will Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani lead Iran to nuclear weapons?"
    http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/will-fereydoun-abbasi-davani-lead-iran-to-nuclear-weapons
  10. NCRI
    https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-election/irans-elections-2021-who-is-fereydoon-abbasi-davani/
  11. IAEA
    https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/june-board-governors-meeting-convenes
  12. Hurriyet
    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nid=52665
  13. NCRI
    https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/nuclear/iran-news-officials-call-for-higher-enrichment-npt-exit-and-even-nuclear-bomb-development/
  14. کاملترین زندگینامه فریدون عباسی | مهندس هسته‌ای و نظامی The most complete biography of Fereydoun Abbasi | Nuclear and mi
    https://farajnejad.ir/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C/
  15. isis-online.org
    https://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/will-fereydoun-abbasi-davani-lead-iran-to-nuclear-weapons/8
  16. The Jerusalem Post
    https://www.jpost.com/iranian-threat/news/irans-nuclear-chief-claims-tehran-fooled-uks-mi6
  17. "Security Council toughens sanctions against Iran, adds arms embargo, with Unanimous Adoption of Resolution 1747 (2007)"
    https://www.un.org/press/en/2007/sc8980.doc.htm
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    https://www.iranwatch.org/iranian-entities/fereidoun-abbasi-davani?utm_
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    https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=15570&
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    https://data.europa.eu/apps/eusanctionstracker/subjects/3780
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html
  23. Iranian nuclear scientist killed in motorbike attack - BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-11860928
  24. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bomb-blast-blamed-on-israel-and-us-kills-iran-nuclear-scientist-2146996.html
  25. Associated Press News
    https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-attack
  26. Al Jazeera
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/13/israel-kills-nuclear-scientists-strikes-sites-in-iran-who-did-it-target
  27. شهادت دکتر فریدون عباسی در حمله اسرائیل به تهران
    https://www.rokna.net/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-74/1130912-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AA-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
  28. Al Arabiya English
    https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2025/06/25/iran-to-hold-funerals-for-top-commanders-scientists-killed-in-israel-strikes-state-media
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