Akbar Etemad, the primary director of the Atomic Power Group of Iran AEOI, often called the Father of Iran’s nuclear expertise, has died on the age of 95.
Etemad was the pinnacle of the AEOI earlier than the 1979 Islamic Revolution and is credited for being the founding father of the group.
He continued his research in electrical engineering on the College of Lausanne in Switzerland earlier than the revolution.
Later, Etemad labored on the Atomic Analysis Middle of the Swiss Federal Institute. The results of his analysis was a doctoral thesis that he submitted to the Swiss Polytechnic College and was consulted by the Worldwide Atomic Power Company as a consequence of his experience.
He returned to Iran in 1965 and a yr later established the Atomic Power Workplace of the Planning and Funds Group and was tasked with managing it, a place he held till 1967.
In 1968, Etemad was appointed as the primary head of the Institute for Scientific and Academic Analysis and Planning, the Iranian equal of the Nationwide Middle for Scientific Analysis (CNRS) in France.
In 1974, he took over as head of the Atomic Power Group of Iran after founding the group. Etemad served because the director of the AEOI till 1978.
Mohammsd Eslami, Deputy Iranian President and head of the the AEOI, in addition to Ali Akbar Salehi, former director of the group, have supplied condolences over Etemad’s passing, saying together with his unparalleled foresight, sincerity, and honesty, he laid such a stable basis within the nuclear trade and expertise that now Iran proudly and forcefully carries ahead all of this treasured legacy.
Etemad lived in France on the time of his demise.
