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Sunday, January 17, 2016
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Sunday, January 17, 2016
Ex-Marine freed in Iran exchange, family says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAmir Hekmati, a former US Marine who was facing a death sentence in Iran as an alleged spy, has been released by Tehran, his family says Sunday, adding they were told he was on a plane leaving the country.
“Today, our brother, son and friend Amir Hekmati has been released from Iran. We have now been officially told that he is on a plane leaving the country,” the family says in a statement. “It is hard to put into words what our family feels right now. But we remain in hopeful anticipation until Amir is in our arms.”
— AFP
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