A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that Amiri is now in the Iranian interests section building, which is several miles from the Pakistani embassy. A senior Pakistani official told ABC News that Amiri arrived at the Pakistani embassy at 6:30 p.m. Monday and the Iranians plan to buy him a ticket home.
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“He’s been in the U.S. on his own free will and he is obviously free to go,” said the U.S. official…
According to people in the U.S. intelligence community briefed by the CIA, the Iranian government threatened to harm Amiri’s family unless he returned home. He left a wife and son behind.
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