Iran confirms it has executed nuclear scientist
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TEHRAN- Iran's official news agency, IRNA, is confirming that Iran has executed a nuclear scientist who gave the US intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program.
The Sunday report quotes a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi, as confirming the execution of Shahram Amiri. He says Amiri "provided the enemy with vital information of the country."
US officials in 2010 said they paid Amiri some $5 million to defect and provide "significant" information about Iran's atomic program. But Amiri later fled the US without the money.
