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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (8) Slideshow Video Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters 03 Jul 2010 Election looms for Democrats: How bad can it be? 14 Jul 2010 Iran nuclear scientist returns home from U.S. | Video 3:08am EDT CORRECTED - WRAPUP 1-BP runs crucial test on Gulf oil leak 1:29am EDT More than 1,000 exposed to dengue in Florida: CDC 13 Jul 2010 CORRECTED - WRAPUP 1-BP runs crucial test on Gulf oil leak 1:29am EDT Apple to hold iPhone press conference Friday 14 Jul 2010 BP runs crucial test on Gulf oil leak | Video 2:19am EDT UK Stocks -- Factors to watch on Thursday July 15 2:05am EDT Asian stocks under pressure but China data helps | Video 3:00am EDT Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters 03 Jul 2010 NTT to buy Dimension Data for $3.4 billion: report 1:52am EDT More than 1,000 exposed to dengue in Florida: CDC 13 Jul 2010 Apple to hold iPhone press conference Friday 14 Jul 2010 Higher vitamin E intake tied to lower dementia risk 13 Jul 2010 Vivus' weight-loss drug faces key U.S. test 1:00am EDT Brightest star explosion seen blinds satellite 14 Jul 2010 Russia curators plan appeal against art conviction 13 Jul 2010 Israeli attack on Iran would start long war: report 14 Jul 2010 PersonalFinance: The lure of low mortgage rates 14 Jul 2010 Iran nuclear scientist returns home from U.S. Digg This Tweet This Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Related News Timeline: Missing Iranian nuclear scientist surfaces Wed, Jul 14 2010 Analysis: Sanctions tighten pressure on Iran's oil industry Wed, Jul 14 2010 Related Topics World » Related Video Missing Iranian scientist in U.S. Tue, Jul 13 2010 1 / 3 Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri flashes victory signs beside his father after a news conference at the Imam Khomini airport in Tehran July 15, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi By Parisa Hafezi and Ramin Mostafavi TEHRAN | Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:08am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted by CIA agents a year ago returned home from the United States early on Thursday saying he was pressured to lie about Iran's nuclear programme. Washington denied kidnapping Shahram Amiri and insisted he had lived freely in the United States. A U.S. official said, however, that the United States, eager for details of Tehran's nuclear activities, had obtained information from him. Amiri, 32, repeated claims he was kidnapped in 2009 when on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and transferred to the United States, adding that he was offered $50 million to remain in America and "to spread lies" about Iran's nuclear work. The scientist also said Israeli agents were involved in interrogating him. Asked why Amiri was going back, a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Iranian authorities could have put pressure on his family back home. But Amiri, holding his 7-year-old son, said: "My family had no problems." Tehran and Washington have traded accusations over the murky saga which has underlined deep mistrust between the two nations. "Americans wanted me to say that I defected to America of my own will to use me for revealing some false information about Iran's nuclear work," Amiri, told reporters at Tehran's International Imam Khomeini Airport. "I was under intensive psychological pressure by CIA ... the main aim of this abduction was to stage a new political and psychological game against Iran." The United States and its European allies fear Iran is trying to build bombs under cover of a nuclear programme. Iran says it needs the technology to generate power. The mystery surrounding Amiri fueled speculation that he may have passed information about Iran's nuclear programme to U.S. intelligence. ABC News reported in March that Amiri had defected and was helping the CIA. Wearing a beige suit, Amiri made victory signs as he hugged his tearful son and wife, who greeted him with other family members and a senior foreign ministry official, Hassan Qashqavi. Qashqavi praised Amiri for his "resistance against (U.S.) pressure during his 14 months of abduction." Iran says the CIA kidnapped Amiri, who worked for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization. He surfaced at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington on Monday. "NO INTELLIGENCE" "Israeli agents were present at some of my interrogation sessions and I was threatened to be handed over to Israel if I refused to cooperate with Americans," said Amiri. Iran refuses to recognize Israel since its 1979 Islamic revolution. Intelligence about the Iranian nuclear programme is at a premium for the United States, which fears that a nuclear-armed Iran would threaten its close ally, Israel, as well as oil supplies from the Gulf, and friendly nations in Europe. Amiri said he had no valuable intelligence about the Iranian nuclear programme. "I am an ordinary researcher ... I have never made nuclear-related researches," the scientist said. A man identifying himself as Amiri has variously said in recent videos that he was kidnapped and tortured; that he was studying in the United States; and that he had fled U.S. agents and wanted human rights groups to help him return to Iran. Before his disappearance, Amiri worked at Iran's Malek Ashtar University, an institution closely connected to the country's elite Revolutionary Guards. Tehran initially refused to acknowledge Amiri's involvement in Iran's nuclear programme. Three months after Amiri's disappearance, Iran revealed the existence of its second uranium enrichment site, near the central holy Shi'ite city of Qom, further heightening tension over the Islamic state's atomic activities. The State Department said the United States did not kidnap Amiri, but it has not addressed whether another country might have abducted him and turned him over. (Reporting by Ramin Mostafavi, Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Ralph Boulton) World Comments See All Comments (8) | Post Comment Jul 14, 2010 9:38pm EDT He’s not safe in Iran. They are going to hook up electrodes & find out what really happened. Ultraworld Report As Abusive Jul 14, 2010 9:58pm EDT RIP RobtAlan Report As Abusive Jul 14, 2010 11:34pm EDT If you believe he was kidnapped, then I’ve got some photoshopped missile pics to sell you… Personally, I believe the guy was told to go to he US, then pull his “horse and pony” show to give the Iranian government more propaganda to shout about. But hey, I only know what I read in the media… The_Traveler Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 1:33am EDT If this is true, I would say he is pretty screwed when he goes back to Iran. In the meantime, Iran still has the three innocent americans that they kidnapped. yangguizi Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 1:35am EDT I wonder why USA is so keen to find the same WMDs in Iran, as it believed Iraq had in 2002? sadat Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 2:16am EDT Because unlike Iraq, and IEAE says Iran is not coming clean about their nuclear program, and that they have been actively deceitful regarding international inspections. Secret enrichment sites, higher-than-needed purification, military oversight and secrecy – these are not the actions a country undertakes when they are only pursuing peaceful commercial power. All that’s is required for Iran to completely shut up the West about this is to allow full access by the international inspectors, as they are obligated by treaty to do. Tamooj Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 2:56am EDT If I can move ‘freely with 5 mil’, why should I run away and go back to Iran? Suhaib Report As Abusive Jul 15, 2010 3:41am EDT his safe in Iran I was a travel to Iran, and haven’t any problem, peoples are freedom life and good towns and best aids … and i understand USA have many bad advertise about Iran, USA attach to Iranian airplane before and help to Iraq for war with Iran and dead many people in Iran by support terrorist group i know USA cheat “shahram amiri” and he back to Iran and he is safe now, but Iranian police was help to him for no dead by USA terrorist group some SIA … Johnjenny Report As Abusive See All Comments (8) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. 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