The Iranian nuclear scientist who defected to the United States is thought to have worked on the Iran nuclear program at this suspected uranium-enrichment facility near Qom, Iran. DigitalGlobe/Handout/REUTERSIranian Scientist Defects: US Covert Ops Hurt Iran Nuclear Program -- Christian Science Monitor
The defection of Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri to the US shows that a long-running CIA covert program against the Iran nuclear program is working.
An Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared while on a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia last year is reported to have defected to the United States and been briefing the CIA on Iran’s controversial nuclear program.
ABC News's report on Shahram Amiri is a rare public revelation on a long-running covert intelligence effort led by the United States.
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