Fereydoon Abbasi
Fereydoon Abbasi | |
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فریدون عباسی | |
Abbasi in 2015 | |
| Member of the 11th Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 27 May 2020 – 26 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Kazerun |
| Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) | |
| In office 13 February 2011 – 16 August 2013 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Deputy | Mohammad Ahmadian |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Ahmadian (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Salehi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1958 Abadan, Imperial State of Iran |
| Died | 13 June 2025 (aged 66) Tehran, Iran |
| Manner of death | Assassination by airstrike |
| Party | Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists |
| Education | PhD in nuclear physics |
| Alma mater | Shahid Beheshti University |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | IRGC (rumored) |
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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.