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Iran Dismisses Execution Sentence on U.S.-Iranian
Reuters ^ | Mon Mar 5, 2012

Posted on 03/05/2012 8:36:33 PM PST by nickcarraway

Iran's supreme court on Monday dismissed an execution sentence passed by a revolutionary court against an Iranian-American national accused of spying for the CIA, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

"The supreme court nullified the execution sentence against Amir Mirza Hekmati and sent it to an affiliate court," said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei without giving further details.

Hekmati, a 28-year-old of Iranian descent born in the state of Arizona, was arrested in December and Iran's Intelligence Ministry accused him of receiving training at U.S. bases in neighboring Afghanistan and Iraq.

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1 posted on 03/05/2012 8:36:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

This is good.

Now let’s pray that the pastor’s sentence is dismissed.


2 posted on 03/05/2012 9:29:47 PM PST by happygrl
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I had heard they already hanged him, but it appears he is still alive.
3 posted on 03/06/2012 1:27:42 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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