Fereydoon Abbasi

Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani (Persian: فریدون عباسی دوانی; born 11 July 1958) is an Iranian nuclear scientist who was head of the Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013. He survived an assassination attempt in 2010, but was wounded. He is a conservative and principlist politician.

Fereydoon Abbasi Davani
Abbasi in 2015
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Assumed office
27 May 2020
Preceded byHossein Rezazadeh
ConstituencyKazerun and Kohchenar
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization
In office
13 February 2011  16 August 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
DeputyMohammad Ahmadian
Preceded byMohammad Ahmadian (Acting)
Succeeded byAli Akbar Salehi
Personal details
Born (1958-07-11) 11 July 1958
Abadan, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyAssociation of Islamic Revolution Loyalists
Alma materShahid Beheshti University
Military service
Branch/serviceIslamic revolutionary guards crop
RankBrigadier general
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