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Shahram Amiri ((ペルシア語:شهرام امیری)) (born 8. November 1977) is an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared from Iran for a little over a year under disputed circumstances. In the spring of 2009, he disappeared while apparently on a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. About a year later two videos appeared, each purporting to be declarations by Amiri, but with contradictory stories. One showed him (or the person claiming to be him), stating that he had been kidnapped and tortured by Saudis and Americans; the other that he was in America of his own free will. In July 2010, Shahram Amiri reappeared in Washington D.C. at the Iran interests section of the Embassy of Pakistan, seeking help to return to Tehran. Shortly thereafter he spoke at a press conference in Tehran telling journalists he had been kidnapped, tortured and bribed to cooperate with the CIA, but had refused.〔 In 2009, the Iranian government accused the US government of kidnapping him,〔 while Iranian government media later reported that he was working for Iranian intelligence.〔 After his return to Iran, American sources confirmed he arrived in, or was taken to, the United States with the help of the CIA, but insisted he had not been taken or kept against his will.〔〔(Exclusive: Iranian Nuke Scientist Is En Route to Iran ), Brian Ross, ABCnews, 14 July 2010〕 ABC News and ''Haaretz'' newspaper suggested Amiri "wanted to seek asylum abroad."〔(Iranian nuke defections offer peek at shadow war ) 11 October 2009〕〔 According to a 2011 report by NPR news, he "was believed to be an agent-in-place for the CIA," who decided "he wanted out of Iran", but once in the US "got cold feet" and "made his way back to Iran".〔 Nevertheless, he was sentesed to serving out a ten year prison after return.〔(Iranwire )〕 ==Life and career== ''The Guardian'' reported that "he was an expert on radioactive isotopes for medical uses at Malek-Ashtar University of Technology (MUT), in Tehran,"〔(Iran: US behind missing scientist ) Julian Borger, guardian.co.uk, 7 October 2009〕 and reports in Iran said he "was also an employee of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation".〔(Mystery over Iranian researcher ) BBC, 8 October 2009〕 Press TV reported that he worked at Malek Ashtar University, but the Iranian government would not confirm that he was a nuclear scientist.〔 A later report by ABC News described him as a "researcher at Malek Ashtar University of Defense Technology," which according to the European Union Council, was “linked” to Iran’s Ministry of Defense and “set up a missiles training course in 2003.” The university's rector is a lieutenant general in the Iranian military who was "named in the UN Security Council's first round of sanctions on Iran in 2006 as one of seven `persons involved in the nuclear program`.”〔〔〔〔Peterson, Scott. ("Iranian scientist defects: US covert ops hurt Iran nuclear program" ) 31 March 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shahram Amiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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