Iranian Supreme Court overturns death sentence for former U.S. Marine

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse

By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, April 13, 2014 9:13 EDT

Iran's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence handed to a former US Marine convicted of espionage, with the penalty being cut to 10 years in jail, media reported Sunday.

Amir Hekmati, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was arrested in August 2011, put on trial and found guilty of spying for the CIA. In January 2012, he was sentenced to death.

His lawyer was quoted on Sunday as saying the sentence had now been overturned.

"The death sentence was overruled in the country's Supreme Court and reduced to a 10-year jail term," attorney Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told the Sharq daily newspaper.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/13/iranian-supreme-court-overturns-death-sentence-for-former-u-s-marine/

[Ash_F]

1. What evidence do they have of this man being a spy?

Probably the same amount of evidence that the US government has of that UN diplomat being a hostage taker.


*Spoiler alert* - It's none. The answer is no evidence at all.


What a waste.

[840high]

2. Since when did they need evidence?

[happyslug]

4. In many countries taking Photos of Airport is Spying....

I read, years ago, that was the case in Israel and thus people on planes landing in Israel were told NOT to take pictures of the Airport. That is often true of other countries. Thus all the Iranians need is that he took photo of something of military significance, which can include bridges, gas stations, railroads, highways, sewerage plants, water treatment plants (all are considered Military Targets by the US Air Force and Navy).

[MADem]

3. That'll teach him to visit his grandmama.

Extreme for the irony impaired....

He'll probably have to wrap his head around never seeing his daddy again. The guy has a brain tumor.