An Iranian nuclear scientist who has been missing since June has defected to the United States and is helping the CIA, ABC News reported today.
Citing unnamed sources briefed on the defection, the network said Shahram Amiri, a nuclear physicist in his early 30s, defected as part of a long-planned operation to get him to leave Iran and resettle in the United States.
A CIA spokeswoman declined to comment.
Amiri, a university researcher working for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, disappeared on a pilgrimage to Mecca in June, three months before Iran disclosed the existence of its second uranium enrichment site near the city of Qom.
In December, Tehran accused Saudi Arabia of handing Amiri over to the United States.
The ABC report said Amiri has been extensively debriefed since his defection and said he helped confirm U.S. intelligence assessments about the Iranian nuclear program.
Source: Reuters
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i knew that to be the case when they annunced last summer that he was missing, the general that has been missing for two years, and went missing in turkey is also in us and being questioned, THE MULLAHS DAYS ARE NUMBERED, ENJOY YOUR FINAL DAYS GUYS AS YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHEN IT’S COMING. SUPPREM LEADER WHO!??
HE WILL BE LUCKY IF THE PEOPLE, DONT SHOVE HIS FAKE ARM WHERE THE SUN DONT SHINE. LOL