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U.N. Inaction on Iran
All Actions of the UN Human Rights System Critical of Specific States, 2012
Dec. 27, 2011: In this video frame grab image made from the Iranian broadcaster IRIB TV, U.S. citizen Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, accused by Iran of spying for the CIA, sits in Tehran's revolutionary court in Iran.
Source: FOX News
Iran, January 5, 2012
Iran detainee is not getting adequate legal representation, family says
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www.freeamir.org
The family of an Iranian American from Flint who has been detained in Iran for four months on espionage charges said Wednesday he is not getting adequate legal representation. Amir Hekmati's family said in a statement that his "only advocate in Iran is a government-appointed lawyer who he first met on the day of his trial."
"We have struggled to provide Amir with an attorney in Iran," the family wrote. "We have sought to hire at least 10 different attorneys in Tehran to no avail."
Hekmati's family said the former U.S. military translator was visiting his grandmothers. Iranian prosecutors said Hekmati was working for the CIA. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
Hekmati, 28, was born in Arizona and graduated from high school in Flint. His father, Ali Hekmati, is a professor at Mott Community College.
The State Department has called for Hekmati's release. Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in Washington that the department continues to wait for Iranian authorities to grant Swiss diplomats access to him. The Swiss government represents U.S. interests in Iran because the two countries do not have diplomatic relations.
Nuland said Hekmati is a dual U.S.-Iranian national, and that "the Iranian government has historically not recognized our rights to access."
"That doesn't change the fact that we will keep asking for it," she said.
Iran charges that as a U.S. Marine, Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission
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