He was something far more dangerous. Heat was a physicist, quiet, brilliant, and devoted to a cause that would consume his entire adult life. After the revolution of 1979, Fakrazad joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. But while other young men trained with rifles, he trained his mind.
He earned a degree in nuclear physics from Shahed Bahti University. He completed a doctorate at the University of Isvahan, specializing in nuclear radiation and cosmic rays. By the early 90s, he was a professor at Imam Hussein University, a military institution controlled by the Revolutionary Guard. And that is when Iran’s leadership gave him his real mission. Build us a bomb.
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