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Shahram Amiri

1978 - 2016

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Shahram Amiri (Persian: شهرام امیری Šahrâm Amiri; 8 November 1978 – 3 August 2016) was an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared from Iran during 2009–2010 under disputed circumstances, and was executed by the Iranian government in August 2016. In the spring of 2009, he disappeared while apparently on a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. On 27 September 2009, Tehran Bureau noted conflicting information regarding the date of his disappearance: the Tehran Times claimed that Amiri disappeared on 31 May, but Press TV claimed he disappeared in June. In the same announcement by Tehran Bureau, it was claimed that Amiri conducted research on particle physics at the Malek-Ashtar University of Technology in Tehran and that this institution was controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Shahram Amiri is the 604th most popular chemist (down from 600th in 2024), the 550th most popular biography from Iran (down from 534th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Shahram Amiri ranks 604 out of 602. Before him are George M. Whitesides, Bonnie Bassler, Germar Rudolf, Darshan Ranganathan, John M. Jumper, and Adi Utarini. After him are Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, John Moolenaar, Shankar Balasubramanian, Betül Kaçar, and Clarice Phelps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Shahram Amiri ranks 890. Before him are Jordi Ferrón, Anna Przybylska, Wietse van Alten, Jonílson, Alejandro Lembo, and Michael V. Knudsen. After him are Hiroki Ito, Sara Olsvig, Dainius Zubrus, Jan Bulis, Michalis Hatzigiannis, and Mehmet Özal. Among people deceased in 2016, Shahram Amiri ranks 625. Before him are Carlos Loyzaga, Rémy Vogel, Mohammed Shahid, Robert Sassone, Frank Kelly, and Arthur Maia. After him are Pat Summitt, Gabriel Badilla, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Igor Pashkevich, Marek Svatoš, and Santi Duangsawang.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shahram Amiri ranks 556 out of 631. Before him are Mahnaz Afshar (1977), Tooji (1987), Reza Aslan (1972), Hedieh Tehrani (1972), Morteza Pashaei (1984), Sareh Bayat (1979), Jalal Hosseini (1982), Bahar Soomekh (1975), Amir Reza Khadem (1970), Alireza Dabir (1977), Reza Mirkarimi (1967), and Pardis Sabeti (1975).

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Among CHEMISTS In Iran

Among chemists born in Iran, Shahram Amiri ranks 2. Before him are Jabir ibn Hayyan (721).

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