Iran executes nuclear scientist for sharing intel with U.S.
The nuclear scientists was accused of sharing information about Iran’s nuclear program with the United States.
Click here for reuse options!Shahram Amiri was executed for giving “vital information to the enemy”, a judiciary spokesman said.
Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in 2009 and resurfaced a year later in the US, where he claimed to have been abducted and interrogated by the CIA.
He subsequently returned to Iran and was given a long prison sentence.
News of his execution emerged on Saturday, when Amiri’s mother said the body had been handed over with rope marks around his neck.
On Sunday a spokesman for Iranian judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, told reporters: “Through his connection with the United States, Amiri gave vital information about the country to the enemy,”
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker August 7th, 2016 at 09:57
I call bullsh!t.
Any number of middle eastern countries has a laundry list of reasons to execute their own citizens. Number one on the list is to contrive a scenario blaming America.
Their propaganda rivals Faux Snooze and rightwing hate radio.
bpollen August 8th, 2016 at 00:08
Even IF it were because of his spying for the US, it’s not like he didn’t know going in that he was putting his life at risk. Most countries frown on spying for foreign powers.