Fereydun Sahabi

Fereydun Sahabi (Persian: فریدون سحابی‎) (born in 1937 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian academic, writer, translator and social activist. He was the first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the second in the administration of President of Iran after the Iranian revolution.

Fereydun Sahabi
فریدون سحابی
Born1937 (age 83–84)
Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupationprofessor, writer, translator, political activist and the first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

Early life

He was the third son of Yadollah Sahabi and the brother of Ezzatollah Sahabi.[1][2][3][4] Fereydun Sahabi was born in Iran in 1937. He did a M.Phil in geology and exploration of petroleum from the University of London.

Career

After returning to Iran, he worked as a professor at the University of Tehran.

Political activities

Sahabi was a member of the National Front at the University of Tehran. He was active in the European Student Confederation.[5] He was elected as a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in 1979. After the Iranian Revolution, he was elected as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and the first president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.[6][7]

Books

See also

References
  1. Interview with Fereydun Sahabi, Etemad magazine, 1556, p. 7, 2007
  2. About Fereydun Sahabi, Magazine of mine engineering, 2017
  3. Aligholi, Abbas; Kiani, Ehsan; Samadieh magazine, p. 315,316, 2016
  4. Neyshaburi, N., "The last collapse of Persians", P. 673, 2013, USA
  5. About Fereydun Sahabi on Shargh newspaper website, 2015
  6. Patrikarakos, David, Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State, I.B. Tauris and Co LTD, 2012
  7. Melman, Yossi; Javedanfar, Meir, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2008

Sources
  • Etemad newspaper, Interview with Fereydon Sahabi, 1556, page 7, 1986, Iran.
  • Magazine of mine engineering
  • Aligholi, Abbas; Kiani, Ehsan; Samadieh magazine, p. 315,316, 2016.
  • Neyshaburi, N., "The last collapse of Persians", P. 673, 2013, USA.
  • Patrikarakos, David, Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State, I.B. Tauris and Co LTD, 2012


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