The Iranian diplomat who was arrested and later released prior to the British hostages being released is claiming the CIA tortured him in prison.  Jalal Sharafi now sits in a hospital where Iranian state-run television spreads the story that the CIA drilled holes in his foot presumably to get him to speak.

During the examination, the voice of a doctor could be heard describing how Sharafi had been beaten by a cable during his detention. Claims of torture have not been independently verified.

Following his visit, Stocker confirmed to The Associated Press that he saw wounds on Sharafi’s body that “were several weeks old,” but said he did not know how the injuries occurred.

“I cannot say who did it and where it happened,” he said. “I can only say that it happened during his detention.”

Earlier in the week, Sharafi’s doctors reported that holes had been drilled into his foot, but the TV images were not clear enough to indicate whether the small, red marks on his foot were indeed holes.

Doctors also reported earlier that he had suffered a broken nose, serious injuries to his back, bleeding in his digestive system, and damage to his ears. None of these injuries has been independently verified, nor were they discernible from the TV footage.

Ok, let us look at this logically, shall we?  Doctors featured in the television coverage of Sharafi indicated the holes had been drilled into his foot, but wouldn’t that be rather obvious if that was the case?  It would also do permanent damage, which would be rather stupid for any interrogator to do.

But what are those red dots on his foot?  It must be from a cable I suppose, or something like that.  And if Stocker did not diagnose Sharafari before he was arrested, how does he know if his foot injury was while he was in captivity?

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the IRGC roughed him up last week when he was released, but I don’t think that happened either.   It makes absolutely no sense for the CIA to do anything to this man other than ask him questions because he would eventually be released.  There was no question he’d say he was tortured, so why do it to him and give him validation of his later claims?