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Iranian nuclear scientist back home from US (AP)

** ADD THE SON'S NAME ** Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, listens to a question while holding his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein during a news briefing as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP – An Iranian nuclear scientist claimed Thursday that he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran’s allegations he was abducted by American agents.


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Iran: Nuclear scientist on his way home (AP)

Members of the media are reflected in a window of the building that houses the Pakistani embassy's office representing Iranian interests in Washington, Tuesday, July 13, 2010.  A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S., has taken refuge in the building, and is planning to return to his homeland, the State Department said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)AP – An Iranian scientist was on his way home to Tehran on Wednesday from the United States, ending what appeared to be a defection gone wrong that could snarl U.S. efforts to gather intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program.


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Iran: Missing scientist surfaces in Washington (AP)

AP – Iran said Tuesday a missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S., has taken refuge at the Pakistani embassy in Washington and is asking to return to his homeland.

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FBI closes anthrax case, says scientist was killer (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2001, file photo, biohazard worker Michelle Gillie, right, prepares to enter the office of Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill  in Washington. At left is Michelle Richman, scheduler for Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Calif.  (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)AP – The FBI has concluded that Army scientist Bruce Ivins acted alone in the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people and further unnerved a nation still reeling from the 9/11 attacks.


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Case closed: FBI says scientist was anthrax killer (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2001 file photo, members of the U.S. Marine Corps' Chemical-Biological Incident Response Force demonstrate anthrax clean-up techniques during a news conference in on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert, File)AP – The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide.


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