Martyr Fereydoun Abbasi@fereydoon_abbasi

About Their Life and Scientific Mission

Fereydoun Abbasi (1937-1945) was an Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated by Israel on June 23, 1945. Abbasi was a faculty member of the Physics Faculty of Imam Hussein University and also served as the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 2010 to 2013. Introduction and position Fereydoun Abbasi Davani was a nuclear scientist, Vice President, and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran in 2010.[1] From 1993 until his martyrdom, he was the chairman and member of the faculty of the Physics Department of Imam Hussein University.[2] In 2007, he was also selected by the then President as a national model professor.[3] Abbasi Davani was born in Kazerun, a city in Fars Province.[4] He graduated from Shiraz University in 1984 with a degree in nuclear physics and then received his PhD in the same field from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He also holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran.[5] He was recognized as one of the leading experts in the fields of nuclear physics, isotope separation, laser technology, and reactor hardware design.[6] In 2007, his name was placed on the United Nations Security Council sanctions list.[7] Abbasi Davani was the target of an assassination attempt on November 28, 2010, and was injured.[8] He was finally martyred in his home on June 23, 1404, during an Israeli airstrike on Iran.[9] His funeral was held in Tehran with the public in attendance on July 27,[10] and he was buried on July 27 at Imamzadeh Saleh Tajrish.[11] Some of Abbasi's other responsibilities: Head of Astan Quds Razavi Industry Holding; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Razavi Business Company; Member of the Central Council of the Iranian Nuclear Association.[12] Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran in the 11th term;[13] Chairman of the Energy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in the 11th term;[14] Membership in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran;[15] Member of the Fars Province Construction Jihad during the Iran-Iraq War.[16]