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John Kerry ‘respectfully requests’ that Iran release detained U.S. veteran

By Joel Gehrke
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John Kerry ‘respectfully requests’ that Iran release detained U.S. veteran

Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement “respectfully request[ing]” that the Iranian government release a former U.S. Marine whom it has detained since 2011 on the suspicion that he is a spy.

“[T]his Memorial Day also marks another milestone: 1,000 days since an American veteran, Amir Hekmati, was unjustly detained while he was visiting his family in Iran,” Kerry said Monday.

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