Mansour Asgari

Mansour Asgari was an Iranian nuclear physicist who was killed during the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran..
He was sanctioned by the United States Treasury Department on March 22, 2019.

Life and career

Mansour Asgari was a physics professor and faculty member at Imam Hussein University. He was a prominent figure in Iran's nuclear industry and a close associate of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Asgari was one of the founders of Iran's nuclear program and had a history of participating in the Iran-Iraq War. He held responsibilities such as membership in the Center for Physics Science and Technology, responsibility for the university's Center for Philosophy of Natural Sciences, cooperation with the Ministry of Defense, and representation of the ministry on the Supreme National Security Council.

Death

Mansour Asgari was one of the individuals targeted and assassinated during the June 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran.. He was killed on 13 June 2025, in his home, along with his wife, two children, and three-year-old grandson.