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Gen Next Member, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Retained to Help American Sentenced to Death in Iran

January 11th, 2012 - 3:29pm
Filed under International Security

Pierre-Richard Prosper, a Gen Next Member and prominent international lawyer, has been called as the defense for Amir Hekmati, an Iranian-American U.S. citizen and decorated former marine. Hekmati has been sentenced to death by Iran’s Revolutionary Court. He was charged with spying for the Central Intelligence Agency during a visit to Iran in September.

Iran has denied the Swiss access to Hekmati despite U.S. demands for his release. The situation comes in the midst of increasing tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Prosper, the Former U.S. Ambassador-At-Large for War Crimes and Genocide, also negotiated the release of Reza Taghavi, after being imprisoned Tehran. Taghavi was never formally charged for a crime.

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