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March 31, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/exclusive-iran-nuclear-scientist-defects-us-cia-intelligence/story?id=10231729

Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S.

(ABC News) Matthew Cole - An Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the U.S. Shahram Amiri went missing last June three days after arriving in Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage. Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, and other Iranian officials last year blamed the U.S. for "kidnapping" Amiri. Amiri has been extensively debriefed since his defection. One Iranian web site reported that Amiri had worked at the covert Qom facility.

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