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| Iran's missing nuclear scientist seeks refuge in interest section in U.S. |
| 2010-07-13 |
| Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, who Tehran claimed was kidnapped by the United States, has taken refuge in Iran's interest section in Washington, local satellite channel Press TV reported on Tuesday. Amiri took refuge early in the morning in the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, which represents the Iranian interest section, and wanted to immediately return to Iran, Press TV reported. Amiri who was escorted by American forces to Iran's interest section in Washington urged an "immediate return" to Iran, the report said. Meanwhile, an informed source in Iran's Foreign Ministry confirmed that Shahram Amiri has taken refuge in Iran's interest section in Washington, according to the official IRNA news agency. The details on the issue will be issued later, the source told IRNA. Iran and the United States currently have no diplomatic relations. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Reuters article says we have videos: An Iranian nuclear scientist who turned up at the Iranian interests section of Pakistan's embassy in Washington came to the United States voluntarily and decided to leave freely, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. Shahram Amiri's "actions -- his multiple videos and now his trip to the Iranian interests section -- clearly prove he was not held in the United States against his will," the official said on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-07-13 15:46 |
| #1 Defection-redefection. This guy was not a bona fide defector. US intelligence has still not absorbed basic lessons from facing the Soviets in the 1960s. Everything this guy Amiri told the US authorities is suspect. I'm sure he mostly told the truth, but there are one or two important lies in his story -- probably stuff to the effect that Iran is five or more years away from a bomb when time is much shorter. |
| Posted by: Pstanley 2010-07-13 12:08 |