Search Result in All

Saudi Arabia Kidnapped Shahram Amiri for CIA, Muslim Brotherhood Missing Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has taken refuge in the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Here is a chronology of events since he disappeared in June last year. June 2009 The scientist, in his early 30s, disappears while undertaking the Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, soon after telephoning his wife in Iran. 7 September 2009 The Iranian government announces Mr Amiri has disappeared. Referring to the scientist only as an "Iranian citizen", Iran's semi-official Fars news agency suggests he is being held in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, and says it holds the Saudi authorities "accountable" for his disappearance. The agency quotes Mr Amiri's wife as complaining that Saudi Arabia was unable to safeguard pilgrims' security during visits to holy sites in the country. 29 September 2009 Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki publicly suggests for the first time that Mr Amiri is being held by the US authorities. Meanwhile, the Saudi-owned al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reports that Mr Amiri has sought asylum in Saudi Arabia. Mystery over Iranian researcher December 2009 At a news conference, Mr Mottaki accuses the US of abducting Mr Amiri, citing "existing pieces of evidence that we have at our disposal". "We expect the American government to return him," he says. Mr Mottaki and the speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Larijani, accuse Saudi Arabia of complicity in the alleged abduction, saying he was taken from Saudi soil. The Saudis deny the accusation and the US government declines to comment on the issue. "We are aware of the Iranian claims," US state department spokesman Philip Crowley says. "I have no information on that." Iranian scientist 'held by US' 31 March 2010 US television network ABC reports that Mr Amiri has defected to the CIA and has settled in the US, citing anonymous officials briefed by intelligence agents. ABC says the scientist has been extensively debriefed and has helped to confirm US intelligence assessments about the Iranian nuclear programme. Iranian scientist 'defects to US' 7 June 2010 A man claiming to be Mr Amiri appears in a video posted online, claiming he was kidnapped by CIA agents during the Hajj. Continue reading the main story A man claiming to be Shahram Amiri in the YouTube video Iran scientist video: Transcripts "They took me to a house located somewhere that I didn't know," he says in the video. "They gave me an anaesthetic injection." He says he is living in Tucson, Arizona, and says he has been subjected to eight months of "the most severe tortures and psychological pressures". But another video message appears on YouTube on the same day, recorded apparently by the same man, entirely contradicting this version of events. In this video, he says he is in the US to continue his education, adding: "I am free here and I assure everyone that I am safe." He says he is "not involved in weapons research and have no experience and knowledge in this field". Videos worsen Iran scientist row 29 June 2010 A man claiming to be Mr Amiri resurfaces on another video shown on Iranian state television, this time claiming he has escaped from US custody in the US state of Virginia and is in hiding. "Presently, I am producing this video in a safe place," he says. "I could be re-arrested at any time." Iran scientist 'flees US captors' 13 July 2010 Mr Amiri turns up in the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington and demands to go back to Iran. Iranian state radio reports that Mr Amiri has said in a telephone interview from inside the Iranian interest section that he has been "under enormous psychological pressure and supervision of armed agents in the past 14 months".

An Iranian man who says he was kidnapped and interrogated for 14 months in the US over Iran's nuclear programme, has returned to his home country where he was reunited with his family. Shahram Amiri says he was abducted by US and Saudi agents at gunpoint while on a pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca last year and flown to the US, where he claims he was physically and psychologically tortured under questioning. The US government has denied all the allegations, saying Amiri was not held against his own will in the US. Speaking to Al Jazeera in Doha on Wednesday en route to Tehran, Amiri said: "For 14 months I was put under a number of pressures in the US. And in reality the freedom to communicate with my family and to express myself in an ordinary fashion was not granted. "Behind the scenes this was very politically motivated."

Exclusive Interview with Shahram Amiri, Abducted Iranian Academic.

Exclusive Interview with Shahram Amiri, Abducted Iranian Academic.

Exclusive Interview with Shahram Amiri, Abducted Iranian Academic.

Exclusive Interview with Shahram Amiri, Abducted Iranian Academic.

What lies behind the case of Iranian Shahram Amiri?

Prophet Joseph is dear to Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. For centuries the story of his life has been told over and over in many different ways and in many different languages. This is the Iranian version of a very beloved story.

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

\\\'Imam Ali (AS)\\\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq

Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\'Imam Ali (AS)\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\\\'Imam Ali (AS)\\\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\\\'Imam Ali (AS)\\\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\\\'Imam Ali (AS)\\\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\\\'Imam Ali (AS)\\\' is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

\'Imam Ali (AS) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

Imam Ali (AS)is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

Imam Ali (AS) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

Imam Ali (AS) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

Imam Ali (AS) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.

Imam Ali (AS) is an Iranian epic television series focusing on the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The series covers the events before the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib to his martyrdom in Kufa, Iraq.