Iranian state media is reporting that the Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence for a U.S. citizen convicted of "spying for the CIA."
Quoting the prosecutor general, ISNA reported on Monday that the case of former U.S. Marine Amir Mirza Hekmati “has been sent back” to a lower court for retrial.
Iran's Islamist Revolutionary Court announced in January that Hekmati was convicted of several crimes — including cooperating with a hostile nation, being a member of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism.
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The 28-year-old Hekmati was arrested in December.
Iranian TV showed Hekmati in December appearing to confess his crimes, in a mixture of English and Farsi. Hekmati talked of receiving language training.
Hekmati said he received the training at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before traveling to Iran. His family said he was in Iran visiting grandparents. VoA.
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