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Iran Announces Execution Of Nuclear Scientist
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Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri had reportedly gone missing in 2009. (file photo)
August 07, 2016
Iran announced on August 7 that it hanged a nuclear scientist for handing over secret information to the United States, concluding a week in which the country came under criticism for its recent execution of up to 20 people.
A judiciary spokesman was quoted as telling the Mizan Online news site that the scientist, Shahram Amiri, "was hanged for revealing the country's top secrets to the enemy," the AFP news agency reported. The dpa news agency reported that the 39-year-old was hanged on August 3.
Amiri reportedly went missing in Saudi Arabia in 2009 and was detained in Iran after returning from the United States for unclear reasons. A series of video recordings showed him first claiming that he had been kidnapped by U.S. and Saudi agents, then that he was living freely in the United States, and finally announcing that he wanted to go home.
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