1. Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani is an Iranian nuclear scientist who was head of the Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013.
10 Facts About Fereydoon Abbasi
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Fereydoon Abbasi survived an assassination attempt in 2010, but was wounded.
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Fereydoon Abbasi reportedly did nuclear research at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
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Fereydoon Abbasi was appointed head of AEOI by then President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 13 February 2011 to succeed Ali Akbar Salehi.
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In fact in May 2011 Fereydoon Abbasi was the recipient of a letter from the IAEA, where its Director General Yukiya Amano reiterated the agency's concerns about the "existence of a possible military dimension" to Iran's nuclear programme and stressed the importance of clarifying these issues, requesting prompt access to relevant locations, equipment, documentation and persons.
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In June 2011 Fereydoon Abbasi replied evasively, so much so that the IAEA Director could only repeat his request for credible assurances.
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Fereydoon Abbasi was removed from office on 16 August 2013 and subsequently replaced by Salehi.
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Fereydoon Abbasi has regularly been linked to Iran's nuclear weapons program.
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Fereydoon Abbasi personally directed work to calculate the yield of a nuclear weapon as well as work on high energy neutron sources, this expert added.
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On 29 November 2010, Fereydoon Abbasi was wounded and narrowly survived an assassination attempt on a Tehran street, as a man on a motorbike attached a bomb to his car as he drove to work.