Ten years in prison to a ex-marine of Iranian descent accused of spying in Iran

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Ten years in prison to a ex-marine of Iranian descent accused of spying in Iran    Flag of Iran.  The ex-marine Amir Hekmati of Iranian origin , who was sentenced to death in Iran for his alleged involvement with the CIA - but ultimately the decision was reversed - has been re-tried in secret and sentenced to ten years in prison . The ex-marine Amir Hekmati of Iranian origin , who was sentenced to death in Iran for his alleged involvement with the CIA - but ultimately the decision was reversed - has been re-tried in secret and sentenced to ten years in prison . Hekmati 's lawyer , Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei , has claimed that in December his client was found guilty of " collaboration with the U.S. government " and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in a retrial of the ex-marine has not received any notice . Tabatabaei explained told the U.S. newspaper The New York Times has known this new trial by court officials , who told both his client , imprisoned in a prison and Tehran , and his family , in telephone conversations. Hekmati , a citizen of Iranian origin born 28 years ago in the U.S. state of Arizona , was jailed in Tehran in August 2011 and sentenced to death for espionage -related charges , which were eventually dropped. The ex-marine , 30 , has pleaded not guilty on numerous occasions. He was arrested when he was in Tehran APRA meet his family . The authorities say estadoundienses approach their situation in all meetings held with members of the Iranian Government. " Under Iranian law, and because of his good behavior in prison , I'm trying to be released after serving a three-year sentence ," said the lawyer. If Tabatabaei consiguiese this option, the ex-marine would be released next August. However, the lawyer stressed that any reciprocal gesture which would give U.S. authorities could help to release his client. " This is very important , if any of these prisoners is released in the U.S., there will be more indulgence ," he said. The U.S. Justice Department figure 38 Iranian citizens who are incarcerated in the U.S. for various crimes , most of them relating to fraud and drug trafficking, although Tehran found this much longer list to include descendants of Iranian .

Ten years in prison to a ex-marine of Iranian descent accused of spying in Iran  

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The ex-marine Amir Hekmati of Iranian origin , who was sentenced to death in Iran for his alleged involvement with the CIA - but ultimately the decision was reversed - has been re-tried in secret and sentenced to ten years in prison .

The ex-marine Amir Hekmati of Iranian origin , who was sentenced to death in Iran for his alleged involvement with the CIA - but ultimately the decision was reversed - has been re-tried in secret and sentenced to ten years in prison .

Hekmati 's lawyer , Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei , has claimed that in December his client was found guilty of " collaboration with the U.S. government " and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in a retrial of the ex-marine has not received any notice .

Tabatabaei explained told the U.S. newspaper The New York Times has known this new trial by court officials , who told both his client , imprisoned in a prison and Tehran , and his family , in telephone conversations.

Hekmati , a citizen of Iranian origin born 28 years ago in the U.S. state of Arizona , was jailed in Tehran in August 2011 and sentenced to death for espionage -related charges , which were eventually dropped.

The ex-marine , 30 , has pleaded not guilty on numerous occasions. He was arrested when he was in Tehran APRA meet his family . The authorities say estadoundienses approach their situation in all meetings held with members of the Iranian Government.

" Under Iranian law, and because of his good behavior in prison , I'm trying to be released after serving a three-year sentence ," said the lawyer. If Tabatabaei consiguiese this option, the ex-marine would be released next August.

However, the lawyer stressed that any reciprocal gesture which would give U.S. authorities could help to release his client. " This is very important , if any of these prisoners is released in the U.S., there will be more indulgence ," he said.

The U.S. Justice Department figure 38 Iranian citizens who are incarcerated in the U.S. for various crimes , most of them relating to fraud and drug trafficking, although Tehran found this much longer list to include descendants of Iranian .