Christine Levinson tells Anderson Cooper why her family believes Bob Levinson is being held captive in Iran. The retired FBI agent has been missing for six years.
A cameraman who accompanied Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to New York for the U.N. General Assembly has applied for asylum in the United States, and "he's afraid to return to Iran," his attorney said Monday.
New York City-based lawyer Paul O'Dwyer, who said he is working with U.S. authorities on behalf of Hassan Golkanbhan, said his client is afraid of persecution because of his perceived political beliefs.
"He's perceived as not being a supporter, or being an opponent of the Iranian regime," O'Dwyer said. "Somebody who has betrayed the regime and who can no longer be trusted by them."
O'Dwyer said while the cameraman didn't have any suspicion cast on him before his trip to New York, "there were things that he was expected to do that he was uncomfortable with doing," and "while he was here... his position on certain things became known to the Iranian government."
When Golkanbhan's part of the Iranian delegation returned home last Thursday after Ahmadinejad's addressed the General Assembly on Wednesday, the cameraman stayed behind, O'Dwyer said.
 |
Post by: Filed under: Iran |
David Gergen says it seems the Israelis don't trust that the U.S. will use force, and there's a major discrepancy in defining the red line with Iran. Israel wants to act when the Iranians have the capability to build a bomb, while America views that point as the time at which they acquire a bomb. Gergen says "that's way too late" from the Israeli perspective.
He also added that Pres. Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu talk often, but didn't meet in person during the U.N. General Assembly because they lack personal harmony.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Iran • Israel • President Barack Obama |
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren says the red line with Iran should be the last point at which we can act to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon. He identifies that as 20% enrichment, which means completing 90% of the bomb.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: 360° Interview • Iran |
Anderson Cooper talks to Fran Townsend and Bob Baer about the possibility that Israel will take action against Iran.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Iran • Nuclear Weapons |
Defense Sec. Panetta concluded there's a "growing likelihood" Israel will attack Iran to stop their nuclear strength.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Iran • Nuclear Weapons |
Fran Townsend and Karim Sadjadpour discuss the likelihood of Iran planning and executing an attack in America.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Iran |
Robert Baer tells Anderson Cooper he believes a dissident group was involved in the death of a nuclear scientist in Iran.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Iran |
CNN's Fareed Zakaria says the drone downed in Iran is evidence of a covert technological war between the U.S and Iran. He and Bob Baer spoke with Anderson Cooper about the consequences of Iran sharing sensitive information from the drone with Russia and China.
|
|
Post by: Filed under: Fareed Zakaria • Iran |
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
| Advertise with us | About us | Help | Advertising Practices
Gumby celebrates Isha Sesay's birthday
Anderson Cooper's birthday surprise
You asked, Anderson answers
