IRAN CLAIMS US AGENTS ABDUCTED ITS NUC SCIENTIST

IRAN CLAIMS US AGENTS ABDUCTED ITS NUC SCIENTIST

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August 13, 2022

Iran has submitted evidence to the Swiss embassy claiming its nuclear scientist was abducted by US intelligence agents. “The evidence related to the abduction of Shahram Amiri by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been handed over to the Swiss embassy in Tehran,” foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanaparast was quoted as saying. The Swiss embassy manages US interests in Iran since Washington and Tehran have no diplomatic ties. “We expect that based on the US administration’s obligations… the US authorities will announce the results of their investigation regarding this Iranian national,” Mehmanaparast said. Iranian officials have long maintained that Amiri was kidnapped by US agents from Saudi Arabia last year. On June 29, Iranian television had screened a video of a man claiming to be Amiri and saying that he had managed to escape from the hands of US intelligence agents in Virginia. “I could be rearrested at any time by US agents… I am not free and I am not allowed to contact my family. If something happens and I do not return home alive, the US government will be held responsible,” the video said.