Iran court overturns death sentence for ex-Marine

[JURIST] An Iranian appeals court [official website, in Persian] on Saturday overturned the death sentence of ex-Marine Amir Hekmati [advocacy website] who was convicted of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] in 2011. Saturday's ruling decreased [AP report] Hekmati's sentence to 10 years in prison. Hekmati is a dual US-Iranian citizen who was arrested in August 2011 and accused of receiving special training at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/04/iranian-court-overturns-death-sentence-conviction-for-ex-marine.php

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