Abdolkarim lahiji biography for kids
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Farhad Sabetan
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40 years of the Iranian revolution - on BBC News Persian
Published: 30 January 2019
Iran Revolution, 40 years on is unlike any other take on the events of 1979, be it in terms of content or form. It is very much the younger audience we had in mind when we undertook this major project. — Rozita Lotfi, BBC News Persian Editor
As part of Iran Revolution, 40 Years On on BBC News Persian, rare archive materials and testimonies bring to the fore key figures and forces at play in and outside Iran 40 years ago. The BBC also talks to Iranian expat celebrities and youth about the revolution’s effect on their lives.
BBC News Persian Editor Rozita Lotfi says: “Iran Revolution, 40 Years On is unlike any other take on the events of 1979, be it in terms of content or form. It is very much the younger audience we had in mind when we undertook this major project. We hope that the innovative, concise and in-depth content on our social media platforms as well as website,
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Etemad, Akbar
Born in Hamedan/Iran, 1931
Category:
Sazeman-e Danshamouzan-e Hezb- e Tudeh-e
Iran (Students´ Organization of the Tudeh Party
of Iran) (SOTPI)
Scientist: Nuclear Reactor
Interview bullet points:
-Activity in the SOTPI (1949-1950)
-Ph.D. Nuclear Reactor Physics, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Lusanne, Switzerland (1963)
-Head, Reactor Shielding Group, Federal Institute for Reactor
Research, Wuerenlingen Switzerland (1963-1965)
-Chancellor, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (1972-1974)
-President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (1974-1978)
-Consultant, commissariat a L´Energie atomique and GOGEMA, Paris, France (1979-1983)
-Political exile in France since 1979
Place of interview: Germany / Paris
Date of interview: 2009
Hours of interview: 13 hours
Language of interview: Persian
Restriction: None
Interviewer: Hamid Ahmadi