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Once tortured in Iranian jail, ex-Marine fights spy claims
[AlAhram] Newly filed court documents reviewed by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named reveal decade-old FBI suspicions that he traveled to Iran with the goal of selling classified secrets to the governmentAfter Amir Hekmati ... Amir Mirza Hekmati in our archives, the first generation Iranian-American military translator was picked up by the Iranian authorities while visiting his grandparents in the Olde Countrie. Going there was clearly not one of his brighter ideas.... was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million from a special U.S. government fund as compensation for years of imprisonment that included brutal torture.Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-17 |
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