Facts: - residence: qom , iran - fields: physics - work institution: atomic energy organization of iran -lrb- aeoi -rrb- - birth date: 1977 - name: shahram amiri - citizenship: iran - nationality: iranian - birth place: kermanshah , iran Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shahram amiri .
shahram amiri -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born 8 .november 1977 -rrb- is an iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared from iran for a little over a year under disputed circumstances .in the spring of 2009 , he disappeared while apparently on a pilgrimage to mecca , saudi arabia .about a year later two videos appeared , each purporting to be declarations by amiri , but with contradictory stories .one showed him -lrb- or the person claiming to be him -rrb- , stating that he had been kidnapped and tortured by saudis and americans ; the other that he was in america of his own free will .in july 2010 , shahram amiri reappeared in washington d.c. at the iran interests section of the embassy of pakistan , seeking help to return to tehran .shortly thereafter he spoke at a press conference in tehran telling journalists he had been kidnapped , tortured and bribed to cooperate with the cia , but had refused .in 2009 , the iranian government accused the us government of kidnapping him , while iranian government media later reported that he was working for iranian intelligence .after his return to iran , american sources confirmed he arrived in , or was taken to , the united states with the help of the cia , but insisted he had not been taken or kept against his will .abc news and '' haaretz '' newspaper suggested amiri '' wanted to seek asylum abroad . ''according to a 2011 report by npr news , he '' was believed to be an agent-in-place for the cia , '' who decided '' he wanted out of iran '' , but once in the us '' got cold feet '' and '' made his way back to iran '' .