Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 8

21-Feb-2011

IRAN

Iran Appoints New Chief For Atomic Energy Organization

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 13 February appointed nuclear physicist Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani as the new head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI). He replaces nuclear scientist Ali Akbar Salehi, who was appointed head of the organization in July 2009 (MEES, 27 July 2009) and more recently since December 2010 has served as Acting Foreign Minister of Iran,...