TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that there was US "interference" in the case of an Iranian citizen who has gone missing in Saudi Arabia.
"We have obtained documents that show US interference in the disappearance of Shahram Amiri in Saudi Arabia," Mottaki was quoted as saying by Fars news agency. "We will pursue this case."
Iranian and regional media have reported over the past few weeks that Amiri went missing while on pilgrimage.
The foreign ministry has declined to comment on the missing man's occupation, but some regional Arabic media have speculated that he was a nuclear scientist.
Mottaki suggested that Amiri has been arrested and the United States was involved.
"We consider Saudi Arabia responsible for the situation of Shahram Amiri and we consider Americans to have been involved in his arrest," Mottaki was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.
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