Iran Says Scientist Provided Information on C.I.A.
The NY Times / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
23-Jul-2010

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian nuclear scientist who returned home last week from the United States provided valuable information about the CIA, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday, adding that his spy's tale would be made into a TV movie.

American authorities have claimed Shahram Amiri willingly defected to the U.S. but changed his mind and decided to return home without the $5 million he had been paid for what a U.S. official described as ''significant'' information about his country's disputed nuclear program.

The Fars news agency, which is close to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, quoted an unidentified source as saying Iran's intelligence agents were in touch with Amiri while he was in the U.S. and that they won an intelligence battle against the CIA.

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