The Iranian government says it has evidence that one of its nuclear scientists was abducted and is being held in the US against his will.
Shahram Amiri disappeared a year ago while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Iranian television broadcast a video purporting to show the scientist saying he was kidnapped and is now living in Arizona.
It comes a day after another video, posted on YouTube, appeared to show Mr Amiri saying he was happy in the US.
Mr Amiri worked as a researcher at a university in Tehran, Iranian media reported.
But other reports said he worked for the country's Atomic Energy Organisation and had in-depth knowledge of the country's nuclear programme.
'Drugged'
In the video shown on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network, the man says he was forced to say he defected with a laptop full of evidence about Iran's nuclear secrets and that he was being used to put pressure on Iran.
The video showed a man wearing headphones and talking to his webcam.
He says he was in the Saudi city of Medina as part of a Muslim pilgrimage when Saudi intelligence officers drugged and kidnapped him.
When I became conscious, I found myself in a plane on the way to the US, he was quoted as saying by Associated Press news agency.
Since I was abducted and brought to the US I was heavily tortured and pressured by US intelligence.
The man said the recording was made on 5 April in the city of Tucson, in Arizona.
'Free and safe'
In the video posted on YouTube, however, the man says he lives safely in the city and wants to continue his education in the US.
Full story and link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10264193.stm
Shahram Amiri disappeared a year ago while on a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
Iranian television broadcast a video purporting to show the scientist saying he was kidnapped and is now living in Arizona.
It comes a day after another video, posted on YouTube, appeared to show Mr Amiri saying he was happy in the US.
Mr Amiri worked as a researcher at a university in Tehran, Iranian media reported.
But other reports said he worked for the country's Atomic Energy Organisation and had in-depth knowledge of the country's nuclear programme.
'Drugged'
In the video shown on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network, the man says he was forced to say he defected with a laptop full of evidence about Iran's nuclear secrets and that he was being used to put pressure on Iran.
The video showed a man wearing headphones and talking to his webcam.
He says he was in the Saudi city of Medina as part of a Muslim pilgrimage when Saudi intelligence officers drugged and kidnapped him.
When I became conscious, I found myself in a plane on the way to the US, he was quoted as saying by Associated Press news agency.
Since I was abducted and brought to the US I was heavily tortured and pressured by US intelligence.
The man said the recording was made on 5 April in the city of Tucson, in Arizona.
'Free and safe'
In the video posted on YouTube, however, the man says he lives safely in the city and wants to continue his education in the US.
Full story and link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/10264193.stm
