Sunday, April 8, 2007

US denies Iranian claim of CIA torture

U.S. denies Iranian claim of CIA torture (AP)

Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint at the entrance of Baghdad's impoverished Shiite Muslim neighbourhood of Sadr City, February 2007. The Iranian embassy in Baghdad said on Tuesday that its second secretary, Jalal Sharafi, who had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital in February had been released.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - An Iranian diplomat freed two months after being abducted in Iraq accused the CIA of torturing him during his detention, state television reported Saturday. The United States immediately denied any involvement in the Iranian's disappearance or release.


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