Shahram Amiri, the Iranian scientist who has recently returned to Iran, was a CIA informant for some years, according to American officials. `This account by the Americans, some of whom are apparently trying to discredit Mr. Amiri’s tale of having been kidnapped by the C.I.A., [while on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia], provides the latest twist in one of strangest tales of the nuclear era.`
New York Times
