Iran plans TV film on Amiri spy saga
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July 22, 2010, Thursday
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AN Iranian nuclear scientist who returned home last week from the United States provided valuable information about the CIA, a semiofficial news agency reported yesterday, adding that his spy tale would be made into a TV movie.
American authorities have claimed Shahram Amiri willingly defected to the US but changed his mind and decided to return home without the US$5 million he had been paid for what a US official described as "significant" information about his country's disputed nuclear program.
The Fars news agency, which is close to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, quoted an unidentified source as saying Iran's intelligence agents were in touch with Amiri while he was in the US and that they won an intelligence battle against the CIA.
Iran has portrayed the return of Amiri as a blow to American intelligence services that it says were desperate for inside information on Iran's nuclear program.
"This was an intelligence battle between the CIA and us that was designed and managed by Iran," the source was quoted as saying. "We had set various goals in this battle and, by the grace of God, we achieved all our objectives without our rival getting any real victory."
Amiri claims he was kidnapped by American agents in May 2009 while on a pilgrimage to holy Muslim sites in Saudi Arabia.
The Fars report suggests Amiri had been planted to discover how much information the US had gathered about Iran's nuclear program, which Washington believes is aimed at weapons production. Iran says its nuclear work is only for energy production and other peaceful purposes.
"We sought to obtain good information from inside the CIA. While Amiri was still in the US, we managed to establish contact with him in early 2010 and obtained very valuable information accordingly. He was managed and guided (by us)," the source told Fars.
The source said Amiri provided more information after his return to Iran last week. "Iran's intelligence agencies now possess valuable details from inside the CIA, which is a great victory," it said.
To support the claim, the source mentioned the license plate numbers of two cars used by the CIA in Virginia, claiming that some CIA locations, individuals and contacts have been identified.
A US official briefed on the Amiri case dismissed Iranian claims of intelligence gains comparable with the information Washington says it gleaned from the scientist.
"The United States got insights into Iran's nuclear program. The Iranians claim to have gotten some license plate numbers," said the official.
Fars also reported that an Iranian film company affiliated with Iran's state television plans to produce a TV movie about Amiri's case.
Amir Hossein Ashtianipour, director of Sima Film, was quoted by Fars as saying that a group of young graduates has been hired to write the script.
American authorities have claimed Shahram Amiri willingly defected to the US but changed his mind and decided to return home without the US$5 million he had been paid for what a US official described as "significant" information about his country's disputed nuclear program.
The Fars news agency, which is close to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, quoted an unidentified source as saying Iran's intelligence agents were in touch with Amiri while he was in the US and that they won an intelligence battle against the CIA.
Iran has portrayed the return of Amiri as a blow to American intelligence services that it says were desperate for inside information on Iran's nuclear program.
"This was an intelligence battle between the CIA and us that was designed and managed by Iran," the source was quoted as saying. "We had set various goals in this battle and, by the grace of God, we achieved all our objectives without our rival getting any real victory."
Amiri claims he was kidnapped by American agents in May 2009 while on a pilgrimage to holy Muslim sites in Saudi Arabia.
The Fars report suggests Amiri had been planted to discover how much information the US had gathered about Iran's nuclear program, which Washington believes is aimed at weapons production. Iran says its nuclear work is only for energy production and other peaceful purposes.
"We sought to obtain good information from inside the CIA. While Amiri was still in the US, we managed to establish contact with him in early 2010 and obtained very valuable information accordingly. He was managed and guided (by us)," the source told Fars.
The source said Amiri provided more information after his return to Iran last week. "Iran's intelligence agencies now possess valuable details from inside the CIA, which is a great victory," it said.
To support the claim, the source mentioned the license plate numbers of two cars used by the CIA in Virginia, claiming that some CIA locations, individuals and contacts have been identified.
A US official briefed on the Amiri case dismissed Iranian claims of intelligence gains comparable with the information Washington says it gleaned from the scientist.
"The United States got insights into Iran's nuclear program. The Iranians claim to have gotten some license plate numbers," said the official.
Fars also reported that an Iranian film company affiliated with Iran's state television plans to produce a TV movie about Amiri's case.
Amir Hossein Ashtianipour, director of Sima Film, was quoted by Fars as saying that a group of young graduates has been hired to write the script.
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