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MI HR0384
Resolution
Status
6/5/2014
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Graves
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AI Summary
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Urges the Iranian government to release Amir Hekmati, an American citizen and Michigan resident, after more than 1,000 days of imprisonment on espionage charges
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States that Hekmati, a Flint Central High School graduate and U.S. Marine veteran, was seized while visiting family in Iran and subjected to mistreatment
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Notes that Iranian courts found the charges against Hekmati unsubstantiated; his original death sentence was overturned for lack of evidence and replaced with a 10-year sentence from a closed-door trial
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Directs the House to transmit copies of the resolution to the U.S. Secretary of State and members of the Michigan congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to release American citizen and Michigan resident, Amir Hekmati, after more than 1,000 days of unjust and unlawful imprisonment.
Last Action
Adopted
6/5/2014