In Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed Professor Fereydoun Abbasi as the new head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. According to Iranian channel Press TV, Abbasi, who is a professor at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, will replace Ali Akbar Salehi who was appointed as foreign minister last month.In November 2010, Abbasi and Dr. Majid Shahriari, also a professor at Shahid Beheshti University, were attacked by terrorists who detonated bombs in their vehicles in separate locations. Shahriari was killed immediately, but professor Abbasi and his wife sustained injuries.