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Iran Executes Nuclear Scientist Who Said He Was Abducted by U.S.

HeadlineAug 08, 2016

Iran has executed nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri on charges of spying for the United States. Amiri disappeared during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in 2009 and later surfaced in the U.S., before returning to Iran and claiming he had been kidnapped by the CIA. The U.S. government has denied kidnapping Amiri.

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