Akbar Motallebizadeh

Akbar Motalebizadeh (23 July 1963 – 13 June 2025) was an Iranian nuclear scientist and a faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University, also a physics instructor at Yazd branch of the Islamic Azad University. He was killed in June 2025 during the Israeli attacks on Iran.

Early life Akbar Motalebizadeh was born on July 23, 1963, in Yazd, Iran. He grew up in a religious, middle-class family and showed a strong interest in science and technology from an early age.

After the Islamic Revolution of Iranian in 1979, he became involved in scientific activities, directing his life toward serving the country in the fields of science and defense.

During the Iran–Iraq War (19801988), he spent two years of his youth in the trenches of war, defending his homeland.

Death

Akbar Motalebizadeh was killed on June 13, 2025 during Israeli attacks on Iran at the start of the Twelve-Day War.

He was buried in Yazd on June 19, 2025.

The place of his assassination was a city called Absard in the Central District of Damavand County, Tehran province, Iran; And he was killed there along with his wife.