 Witnesses dispute this account, saying that Tabatabainejad had begun to walk toward the door with his backpack when an officer approached him and grabbed his arm, whereupon Tabatabainejad told the officer several times to let go.Tabatabainejad has said through his lawyers that he was stunned five times, which is the count reported in the media immediately after the incident.The reported count was reduced to three after the release of the independent report.