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    Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo…
    http://abcnews.go.com/Internatio…

    The 28-year-old former military translator was born in Arizona and graduated from high school in Michigan. His family is of Iranian origin. His father, a professor at a community college in Flint, Michigan, has said his son is not a CIA spy and was visiting his grandmothers in Iran when he was arrested.

    Behnaz Hekmati, his mother, said in an email to The Associated Press that she and her husband, Ali, are "shocked and terrified" that their son has been sentenced to death. She said the verdict is "the result of a process that was neither transparent nor fair."

    In its ruling, a branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court described Hekmati as a mohareb, an Islamic term that means a fighter against God, and a mofsed, or one who spreads corruption on earth. Both terms appear frequently in Iranian court rulings.

    http://www.naacp.org/blog/entry/…
    Where's the outrage!? Could have sworn when Troy Davis, found guilty, was being executed, the world was up in arms.

    Let's wait and see. Hmmm... somehow I doubt anyone will care. Let the hypocrisy continue.

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    • more useless infoRamanisky2
    • wow, how heartless, for a liberal at that.
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    • Shut up you disingenuous dickhead.DrBombay
    • How rude.
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    • Go fuck yourself, Alex.DrBombay
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