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there is plenty of mystery surrounding the iranian nuclear scientist shahram amiri. he says he will reveal full board feet -- full details of what he calls his ordeal once he is in the iranian capital. our correspondent has this report. >> from inside this building in washington, which houses the iranian interests section of the pakistan embassy, shahram amiri is now on his way back to tehran, according to tehran authorities. there are no direct flights. he is expected to arrive home early thursday. but the nuclear scientist leaves behind an unresolved mystery over what has happened to him during the past 14 months. he has given conflicting versions of how he disappeared and arrived in the u.s. in the first of three videos, he said he had been kidnapped by cia and saudi agents while on a pilgrimage. in the second coming he said he was living freely in arizona. in the third, he said he had escaped his captors. the saga has led to speculation shahram amiri could have information about iran's nuclear program which the u.s. was keen to get its hands on. the americans hav
there is plenty of mystery surrounding the iranian nuclear scientist shahram amiri. he says he will reveal full board feet -- full details of what he calls his ordeal once he is in the iranian capital. our correspondent has this report. >> from inside this building in washington, which houses the iranian interests section of the pakistan embassy, shahram amiri is now on his way back to tehran, according to tehran authorities. there are no direct flights. he is expected to arrive home...
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scientists allegedly abducted by american agents was a spy who supplied them with information shahram amiri who was working as a nuclear research or at a lot of tehran's universities claims to have been captured while on a pilgrimage to saudi arabia over a year ago and on his return to iran on thursday he was given a hero's welcome and was mad by his family to iran believes that a merry was adopted a claim strongly denied by washington but with contradictory accounts of what really happened with the van surrounding the story remains a mystery. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure rama miri get to the united states one person has already answered that question miri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he's sure rama miry says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabian intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state
scientists allegedly abducted by american agents was a spy who supplied them with information shahram amiri who was working as a nuclear research or at a lot of tehran's universities claims to have been captured while on a pilgrimage to saudi arabia over a year ago and on his return to iran on thursday he was given a hero's welcome and was mad by his family to iran believes that a merry was adopted a claim strongly denied by washington but with contradictory accounts of what really happened...
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for fourteen months returned home on thursday shahram amiri says he was tortured to give up information about iran's nuclear program he also claims he was asked to confess to being an intelligence agent so that the u.s. could swap him for three americans held in iran on charges of espionage washington denies this american media meanwhile reported that the merely had been a u.s. spy for years before the image kidnapped. artist receive preserved looks into the case. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure amiri get to the united states one person has already answered that question sure amiri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he's sure amiri says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabian intelligence agency which he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the us. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volit
for fourteen months returned home on thursday shahram amiri says he was tortured to give up information about iran's nuclear program he also claims he was asked to confess to being an intelligence agent so that the u.s. could swap him for three americans held in iran on charges of espionage washington denies this american media meanwhile reported that the merely had been a u.s. spy for years before the image kidnapped. artist receive preserved looks into the case. the looming question in this...
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shahram amiri disappeared a year ago in saudi arabia. yesterday, he turned up at the pakistani embassy in washington and said he wanted to go home to iran. in a an interview, he repeated claims that americans abducted him last year, and tried to force him to talk. >> ( translated ): they gave me a lot of psychological pressure. there was no physical torture, but the psychological torture was a hundred times worse than physical torture would have been. the most important thing was some documents and a laptop which the u.s. wanted me to go to the media with and say, "i left iran on my own free will with this document, and applied for asylum." i refused to accept, so the u.s. started offering me money. the u.s. has dismissed amiri's abduction claim. and at the state department today, spokesman p.j. crowley said anything amiri says now should be viewed with caution. >> because he had conflicting info and perspective on whether he was here of own volition or not, from the united states standpoint, i can tell you he was here of his own volitio
shahram amiri disappeared a year ago in saudi arabia. yesterday, he turned up at the pakistani embassy in washington and said he wanted to go home to iran. in a an interview, he repeated claims that americans abducted him last year, and tried to force him to talk. >> ( translated ): they gave me a lot of psychological pressure. there was no physical torture, but the psychological torture was a hundred times worse than physical torture would have been. the most important thing was some...
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shahram amiri is taking refuge at pakistan's embassy in washington. he vanished more than a year ago, and the iranian government claims he was abducted by the u.s. amiri himself has made conflicting claims, and in march there were media reports that he had defected to the u.s. and was helping the c.i.a. the u.s. denies charges he was being held against his will. a federal appeals court threw out a government ban on broadcast indecency today. the panel of three judges concluded the rule was unconstitutionally vague and could create a chilling effect on free speech beyond "fleeting expletives". the rule allowed broadcasters to be fined for allowing even a single curse word on live television. the court said the f.c.c. might be able to craft a policy that does not violate the right to free speech. there was news today the drug maker glaxo smith kline knew 11 years ago that its diabetes drug avandia could cause serious heart problems. "the new york times" reported that the company spent all that time hiding important data about the drug from the public an
shahram amiri is taking refuge at pakistan's embassy in washington. he vanished more than a year ago, and the iranian government claims he was abducted by the u.s. amiri himself has made conflicting claims, and in march there were media reports that he had defected to the u.s. and was helping the c.i.a. the u.s. denies charges he was being held against his will. a federal appeals court threw out a government ban on broadcast indecency today. the panel of three judges concluded the rule was...