His death marks the end of an era for a man often referred to as the "father of nuclear technology in Iran." Etemad's journey began with his studies in electrical engineering at the University of ...

The funeral, held in the courtyard of Bu-Ali Sina University Mosque, drew a wide array of mourners including senior national and local officials, military representatives, university faculty, and ...

It was late in 1973 when Akbar Etemad got the call -- the shah wanted to discuss ways to launch a nuclear program that would cement Iran's place among the world's modern nations. Mohammad Reza Shah ...

Rokna Political Desk – “The idea of a consortium existed even before the Islamic Revolution,” said former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. “It dates back to the time when Dr. Akbar Etemad, ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed his condolences to the family of Akbar Etemad, the esteemed founder of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), as well as to the scientific community ...

PARIS: Akbar Etemad, Iran’s former vice-prime minister, in an interview with daily Le Figaro here has said that Tehran “may very well have a nuclear military capacity”. Etemad, who was in charge of ...

Akbar Etemad, the shah’s chief atomic energy adviser, tells Maziar Bahari about the unlikely birth o By Maziar Bahari Dr Akbar Etemad is the father of Iran’s nuclear programme. After graduating from ...

PARIS: Akbar Etemad, Iran’s former vice-prime minister, in an interview with daily Le Figaro here has said that Tehran “may very well have a nuclear military capacity”. Etemad, who was in charge of ...