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Wed 07 Jul 2010Missing Iranian scientist 'free' to leave US
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN – An Iranian nuclear scientist who vanished more than a year ago mysteriously turned up in Washington yesterday claiming to have been kidnapped. The US has denied he was held against his will and said he is free to leave.
Iran, which is locked in a standoff with the West over its suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons, has repeatedly accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of abducting Shahram Amiri, who worked for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation.
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