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December 8, 2009
No. 22646

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia Extradited Iranian Nuclear Scientist To U.S.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has said that Saudi Arabia has handed Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri over to the U.S.

Amiri was in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.

Source: Mehr, Iran, December 8, 2009


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