Ali-Reza Asgari said to be kidnapped by Mossad, held in Israel...

Confidence building measures between Iran and the West continue ...

Haaretz, here

"A former Iranian defense official who disappeared in 2007 was kidnapped by forces collaborating with the Mossad and is currently being held in an Israeli prison, an investigative news website in Iran claimed on Sunday in a report picked up by Army Radio.

Ali-Reza Asgari, a onetime commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, went missing in Turkey in 2007.

Some news reports at the time said he had defected to the West and was providing information about Iran's nuclear program and Hezbollah, while other reports said he had been kidnapped by Western intelligence officials

On Sunday, the Iranian website Alef reported that German, British and Israeli intelligence agencies were responsible for Asgari's disappearance.

The report claims that Asgari was kidnapped in an effort to get information about Iran's nuclear program and about missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.

The report added that after his questioning, Asgari was secretly transferred to a prison facility in Israel, where he is currently being held.

Israel and other countries have not commented on the case thus far."