Ali Akbar Salehi

Ali Akbar Salehi
Salehi in 2021
6th Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
In office
16 August 2013 – 29 August 2021
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byFereydoon Abbasi
Succeeded byMohammad Eslami
In office
16 July 2009 – 13 December 2010
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byGholam Reza Aghazadeh
Succeeded byMohammad Ahmadian (acting)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office
30 January 2011 – 15 August 2013
Acting: 13 December 2010 – 30 January 2011
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byManouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded byMohammad Javad Zarif
Personal details
Born (1949-03-24) 24 March 1949 (age 75)
Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq
NationalityIranian
SpouseZahra Rada[1]
Children3[2]
Awards
Signature
Academic background and work
FieldsNuclear engineering
Nuclear physics
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisResonance Region Neutronics of Unit Cells in Fast and Thermal Reactors (1977)
Doctoral advisorMichael J. Driscoll
InstitutionsSharif University of Technology
Imam Khomeini International University

Ali Akbar Salehi (Persian: علی‌اکبر صالحی, English pronunciation; born 24 March 1949) is an Iranian academic, diplomat and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, who served in this position from 2009 to 2010 and also from 2013 to 2021. He served for the first time as head of the AEOI from 2009 to 2010 and was appointed to the post for a second time on 16 August 2013. Before the appointment of his latter position, he was foreign affairs minister from 2010 to 2013. He was also the Iranian representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1998 to 2003.

  1. ^ همسر علی‌اکبر صالحی در اردن +عکس
  2. ^ گفت و گوی دوستانه با علی اکبر صالحی
  3. ^ "Iran's FM, nuclear chief, DM receive medals for role in nuclear deal". Iranian Students' News Agency. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.