Iran Sends New Envoy to SESAME

2011-03-06

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aqamiri was introduced to the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East to represent Tehran in SESAME.

The SESAME Project is constructing the Middle-East's first major international research center as a cooperative venture by the scientists and governments of the region. It is being developed under the umbrella of UNESCO, which formally approved the recommendation that the Center be set up under its auspices at a meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board on May 30 2002.

SESAME is located in Allaan, Jordan (30 km from Amman and 30 km from the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge crossing of the Jordan River). Jordan was selected as the site in a competition among seven countries from the region. A building to house the facility is nearing completion on this site with funds provided by Jordan.

Iran's measure came a year after martyrdom of one of Iranian representatives to the council Dr. Massoud Ali Mohammadi and three months after martyrdom of another scientist Majid Shahriari who served as one of advisers of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the international organization.

The new figure, Mahmoud Reza Aqamiri, is a nuclear physics expert and a faculty member of prestigious Shahid Beheshti University.

Born in 1961 in Tehran, he holds BA in physics and MA and PhD in nuclear physics.

Any SESAME member state has two representatives and two advisers in the council.

Source: FARS News Agency.
Link: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8912150567.