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American Sentenced to Death in Iran for Working with CIA

Former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, has 20 days to appeal death sentence

January 9, 2012 RSS Feed Print
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati

U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, accused by Iran of spying for the CIA, sits in Tehran's revolutionary court, in Iran. An Iranian court has convicted Hekmati and sentenced him to death.

At the time, he was working in Qatar as a contractor for a company "that served the Marines," his father said, without providing more specific details.

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Wow

Anon. 10:28AM March 13, 2013

Probably would have been an easier case to prove that he WASN'T involved if he had a good old American name like Smith or Johnson. Anyone with an Arab Name who is a U.S Marine will stand out like a sore thumb.

John Habernathy of NE 9:37PM January 18, 2012

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