Amir Hekmati | |
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Birth name | Amir Mirza Hekmati |
Born | Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S. |
Allegiance | United States[1][2] |
Service/ | United States Marine Corps[1][2] |
Years of service | 2001–2005[a] |
Rank | Sergeant[1][2] |
Unit | 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines[2] |
Battles/wars | Iraq War[1][2] |
Awards | |
Alma mater | B.S. Economics University of Michigan |
Relations | Behnaz Hekmati (mother)[3] Ali Hekmati (father)[4][5] Sarah Hekmati (sister)[1] |
Other work | BAE Systems Kuma Reality Games Lucid Linguistics, LLC |
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Amir Mirza Hekmati (Persian: امیر میرزا حکمتی); is a United States Marine veteran who was arrested in August 2011 for allegedly spying for the CIA in Iran. On January 9, 2012, he was sentenced to death for the charges.[6][7][8] On March 5, 2012, the Iranian Supreme Court overturned the death sentence and ordered a retrial, saying the verdict against Hekmati was "not complete".[9][10] On January 16, 2016, Hekmati was released and allowed to leave Iran as part of a prisoner trade between the U.S. and Iran.[11] He returned to the United States on January 21, 2016.[12] He sued the Government of Iran on May 11, 2016.[13] He received a default judgment of $63 million on October 3, 2017. In November 2019 he sued the government for unpaid compensation. According to the assistant attorney general they are reconsidering if he is eligible.[14]
"It was their plan to first burn some useful information, give it to them (the Iranians) and let the intelligence ministry think that this is good material and contact me afterwards," the clean-shaven man in his 20s said.
But Hekmati's family in the United States told US media he had traveled to Iran to visit his Iranian grandmothers and he was not a spy.
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