Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi was an Iranian nuclear physicist and scientist. He was regarded as the chief of Iran's nuclear program.
Some of the key events about Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
- 1984Earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Isfahan University of Technology
- 1988Joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- 1989Joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a controversial military organization accused of human rights abuses
- 1998Became head of the Physics Research Center at Iran's Imam Hossein University
- 2003Appointed as the head of the Iranian Physics Research Center
- 2003Allegedly began leading Iran's nuclear weapons program, raising international concerns
- 2007Received Iran's highest scientific honor, the Mustafa Prize
- 2007Reportedly involved in developing missile delivery systems for potential nuclear warheads
- 2008Became a professor of physics at Imam Hossein University
- 2008Accused by the UN of conducting studies related to nuclear weapons development
- 2011Elected as a fellow of the Iranian Academy of Sciences
- 2011Allegedly oversaw covert efforts to procure nuclear technology and materials
- 2014Led research on COVID-19 detection technology
- 2015Continued work on nuclear-related activities despite international agreements
- 2018Developed a coronavirus testing kit
- 2018Accused of maintaining a secret archive of nuclear weapons plans
- 2019Reportedly led efforts to conceal nuclear weapons research from international inspectors
- 2020Oversaw the development of Iran's first domestic COVID-19 vaccine
- 2020Implicated in ongoing attempts to develop nuclear capabilities for military purposes
- 2020Assassination sparked tensions and potential for increased regional conflict
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