Topic: Ali Akbar Salehi
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Despite all pressure, sanctions and hardships imposed by western nations, we are now witnessing the start-up of the largest symbol of Iran's peaceful nuclear activities
Iran opens first nuclear power plant Aug 21, 2010
Iran can enrich uranium to any (percentage) it wishes; it is Iran's legal right
Iran produced 37 pounds of 20% uranium Jun 23, 2010
With the assistance of President (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) and the allocation of a budget, we hope to survey the whole country as far as uranium exploration is concerned
Iran to search for uranium deposits Aug 26, 2010
We have produced about 40kg (88.18 pound) of 20 percent (enriched) uranium and we hope to witness the injection of the first batch of Iran-made 20 percent fuel to the Tehran research reactor soon
Iran official says it has enriched uranium Jan 09, 2011
These sanctions are unilateral and the United States has been repeating the decision for 32 consecutive years and this is not new
Iran snubs U.S. sanctions extension Mar 23, 2011
Ali Akbar Salehi (Persian: علی اکبر صالحی, born 24 March 1949 in Karbala, Iraq) is an Iranian politician, diplomat and academic and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 13 December 2010. Previous to his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran from 16 July 2009 to 13 December 2010. He was also Iranian Representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1997 to 2005.
He was born on 24 March 1949 in Karbala, Iraq when his family was living in Iraq for business reasons. He has a BSc from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he earned in 1977. He was also Associate Professor and Chancellor of the Sharif University of Technology and a member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.
He was Chancellor of the Sharif University of Technology from 1982 to 1985 and once again in 1989 to 1993.
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