Thursday, July 22, 2010

Was Iran's Defecting Nuclear Scientist A Double Agent?

Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri returns to Tehran after claiming he was abducted by the CIA. Photograph: Raheb Homavandi/Reuters

Iran Now Says Nuclear Scientist Was Double Agent -- New York Times

TEHRAN — 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 Iran’s semiofficial media suggesting that he was a covert operative who had provided “valuable information” about the Central Intelligence Agency’s 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 Iran’s 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.

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More News On The Defecting Iranian Nuclear Scientist

Iran says nuclear scientist learned valuable info about CIA -- CNN
Iranian Scientist Said to Share Findings on CIA -- Global Security Newswire
Iran says Amiri was double agent -- Al Bawaba
Confused About Iranian Scientist? Wait for the Film -- AOL News
US suspects Iranian nuclear scientist was double agent -- Ynet News

My Comment: The Iranians are very blunt that Shahram Amiri is a double agent. Should I doubt them? Hmmmm .... they have nothing to gain otherwise, so there is probably "some truth" to their story.

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