Shahram Amiri

"Reading Amiri in Tehran": Hero, Spy, or Kidnapped?

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Omid Memarian

Shahram Amiri's long list of contradictions and ambiguities in his TV interview connote that he is playing into the hands of the Iranian intelligence service, thus perpetuating their narrative.

Iranian Scientist Shahram Amiri Answers Some Questions, Raising Others

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Haggai Carmon

Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist, went missing in May 2009 during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Amiri's appearance on public television in Iran on July 15, 2010 offered some answers.

Iran Scientist: U.S. Wanted To Swap Me For Hikers

New York Times | WILLIAM YONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Mr. Amiri accused American agents of trying to coerce him to confess to being a spy so they could try to exchange him for three young hikers from the ...

"Defectors" and the Unfolding Intelligence Failure on Iran's Nuclear Program

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Posted 05.25.2011

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett

Why is no journalist from a major media outlet asking why the Obama administration pushed for new Iran sanctions, when there is clear disagreement and desperation in the U.S. Intelligence Community regarding Iran's nuclear program?

Iran Nuclear Scientist Reportedly Paid $5 Million By CIA, Offered $50 Million To Stay

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The CIA paid an Iranian nuclear scientist $5 million to provide intelligence on Iran's nuclear program, a newspaper reported Thursd...

Iranian Nuclear Scientist Headed Home After CIA Kidnapping Claim

AP | NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian nuclear scientist claimed Thursday that he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interroga...

Ten Questions Regarding the Case of the Missing Iranian Scientist

Haggai Carmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Haggai Carmon

The barrage of information regarding Shahram Amiri offered during the past 5 weeks makes it difficult to distinguish between genuine information, disinformation and spins.

Iranian Nuclear Scientist Surfaces In Washington

AP | ROBERT BURNS and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — An Iranian scientist sought refuge in the Pakistani Embassy compound and asked to go home, an apparent defection gone wrong that co...

Rival Videos Deepen Riddle Of Missing Iranian Nuclear Scientist

Posted 05.25.2011

The Iranian government claims it has evidence that one of its nuclear scientists was abducted and is being held in the U.S. against his will. In a v...

Abduction or Defection: The Case of Iran's Nuclear Scientist

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | Posted 05.25.2011

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

Perhaps the warmongers camp would be more persuasive if they facilitated a meeting between Amiri and the Iranian authorities to reassure them that Amiri had not been kidnapped and held against his will.

Shahram Amiri Defects To US: Missing Iranian Nuclear Scientist Helping CIA, Reports ABC News

Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) WASHINGTON — An Iranian nuclear scientist who had been reported missing since last summer has defected to the U.S. and is assisting the CIA...

Iran: Recent Assassinations Will Be Costly

Meir Javedanfar | Posted 05.25.2011

Meir Javedanfar

The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi, who was killed when a motorcycle bomb was detonated outside his home, does not bode well for the Iranian government.