An Iranian-American man held on spying charges in Iran must be tried there, the spokesman for a key parliamentary committee said Wednesday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
"The American spy is guilty and must be put on trial in Iran," said Kazem Jalali, a spokesman for Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.
"American officials brazenly send spies and spy planes to our borders and then shamelessly declare that they must be returned to them," Mehr cites him as saying. "The U.S. request to free the American spy is politically impudent."
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine, was arrested in August while visiting his grandmother and other relatives, his family said. In a statement released Tuesday, they said they remained quiet about the arrest at the urging of Iranian officials, who promised his release.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters Tuesday that Hekmati is being falsely accused, but she had no further comment. Read More
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