Ali Akbar Salehi

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2013); former head of Atomic Energy Organisation (2009–2013, 2015–2021)

Ali Akbar Salehi is a nuclear physicist and diplomat who served as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Foreign Minister (2010–2013) after Manouchehr Mottaki was abruptly dismissed. He simultaneously headed the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI). He led Iran's nuclear delegation in early negotiations with world powers. He was Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 2006–2009. Under Hassan Rouhani he returned as AEOI head (2015–2021), overseeing the nuclear programme through the JCPOA period and its collapse. He is sanctioned by the US.

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