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08 December 2009 - 12H08  

Saudi 'hands missing Iran nuclear scientist to US'
Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj in November. An Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia has been "handed over by Riyadh to Washington," Mehr news agency reported, quoting Tehran's foreign ministry spokesman.
Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca during the annual hajj in November. An Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia has been "handed over by Riyadh to Washington," Mehr news agency reported, quoting Tehran's foreign ministry spokesman.

AFP - An Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia has been "handed over by Riyadh to Washington," Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Tehran's foreign ministry spokesman.

"Shahram Amiri, Iran's nuclear scientist who had gone to hajj in Saudi Arabia, was handed over by Riyadh to Washington," Ramin Mehmanparast told Mehr, referring to umra, a lesser pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites.

The spokesman said Amiri was one of 11 Iranian detainees currently held in US jails.

His statement was the first acknowledgement by Tehran that Amiri was a nuclear scientist.

Iranian officials have previously said Amiri went missing in Saudi Arabia soon after he landed there as a pilgrim earlier this year.

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