“Israelis at interrogation”

TEHRAN: Shahram Amiri denied on Thursday that he was a nuclear scientist but claimed he was interrogated by Israelis during his captivity.

Upon his arrival at the Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran he immediately told reporters that he was just a “simple researcher”.

“I had nothing to do with Natanz and Fordo sites,” said Mr. Amiri, referring to Iran's two uranium enrichment sites.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Ghashghavi, who welcomed Mr. Amiri at the airport, also denied that the Iranian was a nuclear scientist. Iranian officials have previously claimed that Mr. Amiri was a nuclear scientist.

Mr. Amiri insisted that he was abducted and during the initial two months of captivity was put through “harshest mental and physical torture”.

He also said that during his interrogations, “there were interrogators from Israel present in some sessions and it was evident that they had planned of moving me to Israel”. — AFP