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Former director general of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran’s (AEOI) Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company (NFPC); formerly served as AEOI’s deputy head for fuel;
A chemistry professor at the Shahreza branch of Islamic Azad University in Esfahan, Iran; a member of the editorial board of the “Nuclear Science and Technology” journal published by the AEOI’s Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center (NSTRI); has served as the general manager (CEO) of the AEOI’s Raw Materials and Nuclear Fuel Production holding company, the manager of the Esfahan Uranium Conversion Facility, and a chemistry professor at Esfahan University;
Participated in an AEOI research study on the absorption behavior of three natural minerals on radioactive waste; received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Salford in the United Kingdom in 1989; was a member of the scientific board of the Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center from 1979 to 1985;
Also Known As:
Hossein Faqihian
Hossein Faghihian
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Born:
April 22, 1952
Country:
Iran
Address:
Nuclear Fuel Production and Procurement Company (NFPC), AEOI-NFPD, P.O. Box 11365-8486, Tehran, Iran
E-Mail:
faghihian@iaush.ac.ir
h.faghih@sci.ui.ac.ir
Reason for the color:
» Listed by the European Union on April 24, 2007, as an entity linked to Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities or Iran’s development of nuclear weapon delivery systems;
» Removed from the E.U. list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action;