Fereydoon Abbasi Davani | |
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Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 27 May 2020 – 26 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Hossein Rezazadeh |
Succeeded by | Gholamreza Dehghan Naserabadi |
Constituency | Kazerun and Kohchenar |
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization | |
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 | Abadan, Imperial State of Iran | 11 July 1958
Political party | Association of Islamic Revolution Loyalists |
Alma mater | Shahid Beheshti University |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Rank | Brigadier general |
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.