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| Iran accuses US of abducting nuclear scientist |
| 2009-12-08 |
| IRANIAN Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has accused the United States of abducting its nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who went missing in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. "Based on existing pieces of evidence that we have at our disposal the Americans had a role in Mr Amiri's abduction," Mottaki said at a press conference in Farsi which was translated into English by Press TV channel. "The Americans did abduct him. Therefore we expect the American government to return him." Mottaki said Amiri had travelled to Saudi Arabia to perform the minor Muslim pilgrimage when he disappeared. "He disappeared in Saudi Arabia and naturally we ask the Saudi government to look into the case .... Saudi Arabia must be held accountable in this regard." Earlier yesterday, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Mehr news agency that Riyadh had handed Amiri over to Washington. Mehmanparast also acknowledged that Amiri was a nuclear scientist, something which Iranian officials had previously avoided revealing. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 ION PRAVDA > CAPTURING OSAMA BIN LADEN IS THE LAST THING THE AMERICANS WANT. * AL-ARABIYA.NET > US PLANNED TO KILL AHMADINEJAD: IRAN MINISTER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-08 20:34 |
| #3 offer to trade him for Shalit. See how Hamas squeals |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-08 18:46 |
| #2 All your nuke nerds are belong to US!!! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-12-08 14:12 |
| #1 I would feel a lot better if I believed we were even capable of pulling something like this off these days. Maybe he defected, maybe the Juice got him, or maybe the Saudis or Russians did. Depending how important he is there are a lot of folks who would prefer to slow down Iran's nuclear capability, even if only to improve their own importance as a supplier. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-12-08 12:41 |