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| Iranian nuclear scientist defects to US |
| 2010-03-30 |
| US intelligence officials told ABC News nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri, who Iran says disappeared last year after going to Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage, was part of a long-planned CIA operation to get him to defect. The CIA contacted the scientist through an intermediary in Iran who made the resettlement offer on behalf of the United States, according to ABC. The US officials described the defection as “an intelligence coup.' Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki last year accused the US of kidnapping Amiri, though his whereabouts had gone unreported until now. The report described Amiri as being "in his early 30s." A spokesperson for the CIA declined to comment on ABC's report. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 maybe some intel. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-03-30 21:55 |