Fereydun Sahabi (; born 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.
Early life He was the third son of Yadollah Sahabi and the brother of Ezzatollah Sahabi.Interview with Fereydun Sahabi, Etemad magazine, 1556, p. 7, 2007About Fereydun Sahabi, Magazine of mine engineering, 2017Aligholi, Abbas; Kiani, Ehsan; Samadieh magazine, p. 315,316, 2016Neyshaburi, N., "The last collapse of Persians", P. 673, 2013, USA Fereydun Sahabi was born in Iran in 1937. He did an MPhil 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.About Fereydun Sahabi on Shargh newspaper website, 2015 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.Patrikarakos, David, Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State, I.B. Tauris and Co LTD, 2012Melman, Yossi; Javedanfar, Meir, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2008
Books Geology of petroleum, University of Tehran Press, 2012 Sedimentary petrology, University of Tehran Press, 2008
See also Yadollah Sahabi Ezzatollah Sahabi Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Nuclear program of Iran Nasrollah Khadem
References
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
External links Patrikarakos, David, Nuclear Iran: The Birth of an Atomic State, I.B. Tauris and Co LTD, 2012 Melman, Yossi; Javedanfar, Meir, The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the State of Iran, Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2008