Tehran, Jan 9 (ANI): Iran has sentenced an American man to death on charges of spying for the CIA.
According to the Iranian media, Amir Mirzai Hekmati, 28, was 'sentenced to death for co-operating with a hostile nation, membership of the CIA and trying to implicate Iran in terrorism.'
Hekmati, who is of Iranian-origin, was arrested on August 29 went and on trial in Tehran on December 27, The Telegraph reports.
According to earlier reports, Hekmati, "admitted that he received training in the US and planned to imply that Iran was involved in terrorist activities in foreign countries" after returning to the US.
His father Ali Hekmati, who lives in Michigan, has said his son is not a CIA spy and was visiting his grandmothers in Iran when he was arrested.
The US has demanded Hekmati's release, and said Iran has not permitted diplomats from the Swiss embassy, which handles US interests in the absence of US-Iran ties, to see Hekmati before or during his trial. (ANI)
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