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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Amir Hekmati

In this Jan. 21, 2016, file photo, Amir Hekmati waves after arriving on a private flight at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan. A judge on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, ordered Iran to pay $63.5 million to Hekmati, a former US Marine from Michigan who was jailed in that country for more than four years. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
October 3, 2017, 4:37 am
Judge rules Iran must pay $63m to US ex-Marine imprisoned there
Amir Hekmati was detained in August 2011 on espionage charges, was freed as part of January 2016 prisoner exchange
By Jeff Karoub
This file photo taken on January 20, 2016 shows Amir Hekmati, a Marine held in Iran, speaking to the media after he arrived in Flint, Michigan. (AFP/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Sarah RICE)
May 11, 2016, 6:40 am
Former US Marine sues Iran over ‘torture’ while held captive
According to lawsuit, Amir Hekmati, a dual American-Iranian national, was whipped, tasered, forced to take ‘addictive pills,’ over 4.5 years
By AFP
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, center, appears with his wife Yeganeh Salehi and mother Mary Reazaian in Germany on January 20, 2016, following his release from Iranian custody (screen capture: YouTube)
January 23, 2016, 1:19 pm
White House facing questions over $1.7 billion to Iran
Republicans want probe into payment to Tehran that Obama administration denies was bribe to secure release of 5 Americans
By Bradley Klapper
January 22, 2016, 6:18 pm
Iran general: US paid Tehran $1.7 billion to release ‘spies’
US denies claim by Basij officer that settlement of suit dating to 1979 Islamic revolution bought return of 4 US prisoners
By ToI Staff
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, center, appears with his wife Yeganeh Salehi and mother Mary Reazaian in Germany on January 20, 2016, following his release from Iranian custody (screen capture: YouTube)
January 22, 2016, 4:01 pm
‘War to get me out’: Wife of freed US reporter tells of Iran ordeal
It reportedly took a call from Kerry to Zarif before Yeganeh Salehi was allowed to leave with husband Jason Rezaian
By AFP
Amir Hekmati waves after arriving on a private flight at Bishop International Airport, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in Flint, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
January 22, 2016, 3:01 am
After 4 years in Iranian jail, ex-US Marine arrives home
Amir Hekmati says incarceration ‘wasn’t good’; family says he was tortured, kept in solitary cell for long periods
By Mike Householder
In this image made from video, former U.S Marine Amir Hekmati, center, is flanked by Michigan congressman Dan Kildee, left, and Hekmati's brother-in-law Ramy Kurdi as he speaks to the media in Landstuhl, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. (APTN via AP)
January 20, 2016, 5:57 am
Champagne flowed when released Americans finally left Iran
Former prisoner and US Marine Amir Hekmati says he was worried until the last minute that the Iranians wouldn’t let him and three others go
By CHRISTOPH NOELTING and Frank Jordans
A picture taken on January 17, 2016 shows a medical bus escorted by German and American police leaving the US Air Force at Ramstein, Germany, about a half hour after a plane landed carrying three of four US citizens released by Iran in a prisoner exchange. (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP)
January 19, 2016, 6:05 am
Americans reunited with families after Iran ordeal
Relatives of still-missing American Jewish ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson accuses Obama administration of leaving him behind
By Olivia Hampton
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano at a news conference in Vienna, Austria, on November 26, 2015. (AP/Ronald Zak)
January 18, 2016, 6:06 am
Nuclear watchdog chief in Iran for talks after deal
Yukiya Amano to discuss monitoring of nuclear deal’s implementation with President Rouhani and atomic agency head Salehi
By Arthur Macmillan and Andrew BEATTY
US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a press conference at the E3/EU+3 and Iran talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna on January 16, 2016. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
January 17, 2016, 3:43 am
Kerry: Nuclear deal ‘accelerated’ Iran prisoner swap
Exchange was unrelated to nuclear talks, says US diplomat, but ‘relationships forged’ in the latter helped broker the former
By AFP
People take photos of the candidates during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)
January 17, 2016, 2:51 am
Iran prisoner release leaves Republicans in tough spot
Despite tough talk, many of the nuclear deal’s provisions may be difficult to roll back for a future GOP president
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, speaks at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
January 17, 2016, 2:30 am
Some Republicans praise prisoner release, criticize Obama on Iran
US ‘shouldn’t be involved in swaps,’ chides Rubio; ‘This should have been done three or four years ago,’ says Trump
By AP
Naghmeh Abedini holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2015 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 16, 2016, 10:16 pm
A look at the US-Iranian prisoners released by Tehran
Reporter Jason Rezaian, ex-Marine Amir Hekmati, pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari are a part of swap
By AP
Balloons are released during a rally for Amir Hekmati in Bay City, Mich., on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 to mark the four-year anniversary of Iran's refusal to free the former US Marine from prison. (Nicole Hester/The Bay City Times via AP)
August 30, 2015, 5:07 am
Dozens rally in Michigan for ex-Marine held in Iran
Protesters mark four-year anniversary since Amir Hekmati was jailed for spying
By AP
American television personality Montel Williams speaks to media outside the Iranian Embassy in London, June 26, 2015 (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
June 29, 2015, 1:22 pm
Amid Iran nuclear talks, non-diplomats compete for attention
Leveraging widespread media coverage, celebrities, activists and lobbyists flock to Vienna as negotiation deadline nears
By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper
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