http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ggyPr97eFsAN4JRzeAd3ilF5JOUQ?docId=CNG.95bc36dad634cf4e60bfbb1d94be195c.3b1 .....” The family of a former US Marine held for 555 days in Iran, mostly in solitary confinement, urged Iranian leaders on Tuesday to show mercy and free him,revealing his father is dying from cancer.Amir Mirzai Hekmati, 29, who is a US citizen born in America to parents of Iranian origin,was detained in August 2011 while visiting his elderly grandmother on his first trip to Iran. He was accused of being a CIA operative, charges which have been vigorously denied by his family and by the US State Department.The family has now written to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for mercy to mark the Persian New Year which falls on March 20.
"We want to emphasize that our family's not political. We're American citizens. Amir's an
American. We are not trying to involve ourselves in the politics between Iran and the US,"
brother-in-law Ramy Kurdi told AFP.”...
"We want to emphasize that our family's not political. We're American citizens. Amir's an
American. We are not trying to involve ourselves in the politics between Iran and the US,"
brother-in-law Ramy Kurdi told AFP.”...
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