Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has reportedly returned home to Tehran tonight, following an apparently extremely eventful 14 month disappearance, during which he claims to have been abducted by US intelligence agents.

 

But on his way out of the United States he detailed his kidnapping at gunpoint from the streets of Saudi Arabia, which he had visited for the Hajj. He says he was knocked unconscious and when he awoke he was on a plane to the United States.

US officials have denied the allegations and insist that Amiri was “just visiting” the United States, and State Department officials have acted confused about why Amiri was even attempting to leave, though they insisted he was welcome to do so.