Akbar Etemad

Akbar Etemad (Persian: اکبر اعتماد; 3 February 1930 – 11 April 2025) was the president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran from 1974 to 1978. He was popularly called the father of Iran's nuclear program.

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he left Iran and established office in Paris and worked there as a nuclear energy consultant. As of 2009, he was the co-chair of Iranians for Peace. He died in Paris on 11 April 2025, whilst undergoing treatment at the Léopold-Bellan Hospital. He was 95.