PoliticsGlobal: Iran informant: 'Scientist' spy returns to Ayatollahland
Iran scientist was longtime informant: report
Reuters – Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri flashes victory signs beside his father after a news conference at the …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted a year ago by U.S. agents was an informant for the CIA inside Iran for several years, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials.
Shahram Amiri returned to Tehran early on Thursday, saying he was pressured to lie about Iran's nuclear program. Washington denied kidnapping Amiri and insisted he had lived freely in the United States.
Officials said the scientist described to U.S. intelligence officers details of how a university in Tehran became the covert headquarters for Iran's nuclear efforts, the newspaper reported.
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