An Iranian court has canceled the death sentence for an American accused of espionage in Iran, a semi-official news agency there reported Monday.
Iran's intelligence ministry sentenced Amir Mirzaei Hekmati to death in January, but the nation's Supreme Court annulled that sentence, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported Monday.
A court previously had convicted the 28-year-old of "working for an enemy country," as well as membership in the CIA and "efforts to accuse Iran of involvement in terrorism," the semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
Recurring provocation, that is all this is.
I can vouch for this man. He works for us.