Tehran: Iranian scientist arrives home

An Iranian nuclear scientist, who says he was kidnapped by U.S. agents, arrived in Iran on Thursday to a tearful welcome from his family, the culmination of a saga that has underscored deep U.S.-Iranian mistrust.Washington denied kidnapping Shahram Amiri and insisted he had lived freely in the United States. A U.S. official said, however, that the United States, eager for details of Tehran's nuclear program, had obtained useful information from him.Wearing a beige suit, a smiling Amiri made a victory sign as he hugged his son and wife, who were both crying as they greeted him at Tehran's International Imam Khomeini Airport. Around 10 family members were waiting with flowers for Amiri, who surfaced at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington on Monday, having disappeared in Saudi Arabia a year ago.Iran accuses the CIA of kidnapping Amiri, who worked for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, a year ago in Saudi Arabia.Iran is locked in a dispute with the United States and its allies over Tehran's nuclear program, which the West says is designed to produce nuclear weapons and Iranian officials say aims to generate power.