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Iran Now Says Nuclear Scientist Was Double Agent
Iran fired a new salvo on Wednesday in what is becoming a bizarre propaganda war over the supposed defection and later return of an Iranian nuclear scientist, with Irans semiofficial media suggesting that he was a covert operative who had provided valuable information about the Central Intelligence Agencys inner workings.American officials have said that the scientist, Shahram Amiri, was a C.I.A. informant for years in Iran, providing significant information about Irans nuclear program and voluntarily defecting to the United States in 2009. Mr. Amiri returned to Iran last week, saying he had been abducted and tortured by American authorities. Iran now appears to be turning those claims around, casting Mr. Amiri whose fate seemed uncertain after his return last week as the double-agent hero of a plan to outwit American intelligence agencies and provide false nuclear data. His story is being made into a television movie by a company affiliated with Irans state network, said the semiofficial Fars news agency. Posted by: tipper 2010-07-23 |
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