Mohammad Eslami | |
Office: | 7th Head of the Atomic Energy Organization |
Term Start: | 29 August 2021 |
President: | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) Masoud Pezeshkian |
Predecessor: | Ali Akbar Salehi |
Office1: | 3rd Minister of Roads and Urban Development |
Term Start1: | 27 October 2018 |
Term End1: | 25 August 2021 |
President1: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor1: | Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi |
Successor1: | Rostam Ghasemi |
Office2: | Governor-general of Mazandaran |
Term Start2: | 29 October 2017 |
Term End2: | 20 October 2018 |
President2: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor2: | Rabi Fallah Jelodar |
Successor2: | Ahmad Hosseinzadegan |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1956 |
Birth Place: | Isfahan, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Alma Mater: | University of Detroit Mercy Ohio University Royal Roads University Sharif University of Technology |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Mohammad Eslami (Persian: محمد اسلامی; born 23 September 1956) is the Vice President and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization in the government of President Raisi and was the Minister of Roads and Urban development and the Governor of Mazandaran in the government of Hassan Rouhani.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
In 2008, the United Nations sanctioned Eslami, then the head of Iran's Defense Industries Training and Research Institute, for "being engaged in, directly associated with or providing support for Iran's proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities or for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems."[18]
In 2024, Iranian state TV reported that Eslami had been reappointed as head of Iran's civilian nuclear program by the new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.