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Iran sentences American ex-Marine to death for spying

Monday, January 9, 2012

Iran sentences American ex-Marine to death for spying

 American Amir Mirzai Hekmati, who also holds Iranian citizenship, has been sentenced to death by a judge in Iran for spying for the CIA, local media reported on Monday.

­The 28-year-old received the death penalty for “cooperating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism," the verdict said, according to the country’s semi-official Fars news agency.

Last month, Fars reported that the prosecution had applied for capital punishment because the suspect "admitted that he received training in the United States and planned to imply that Iran was involved in terrorist activities in foreign countries" after returning to the US..... MORE
SourceRT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/iran-death-sentence-american-391/

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

maaring totoong espiya ito dahil notorious ang CIA sa mga trabahong asasinasyon, kahypan laban sa malalayang nasyong gustong i.bully ni "great" uncle sam...pero dahil umamin, maari kayang i.pardon na lang??? good pr pa pag nagkataon para sa iran.

"Fars then reported Hekmati repeated his confession in court on December 27, saying "I was deceived by the CIA. Although I was appointed to break into Iran's intelligence systems and act as a new source for the CIA, I had no intention of undermining the country."

"Hekmati was also accused by Iran of receiving training at US bases in Afghanistan and Iraq before being sent to Iran."

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