U.S. citizen Amir Hekmati has been imprisoned in Iran for four years on what the State Department calls “false espionage charges.” John Kerry is now demanding that Iran release Hekmati:
.@JohnKerry: We repeat our call on #Iran government to release Amir Hekmati on humanitarian grounds. Full statement: http://t.co/QWGBKX8sQv
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 28, 2015
Kerry calls on Iran to release former Marine nearing 4 years in prison: http://t.co/RVr056iSxM pic.twitter.com/vc2Cq3VPc1
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2015
Why didn’t the Obama administration’s master negotiators tie prisoner release to the Iran deal?
It would have been better to insist on this before doing the deal in the first place! https://t.co/N7rMnMhyMn
— S Baker (@Gatekeeper24) August 28, 2015
He's doing this NOW??? This should have been done years ago!!!! https://t.co/eIm0r8Kje2
— boris pustiak (@BPustiak) August 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/israel_sweet/status/637274269685293056
@thehill Oh, good job John….you really drive a hard bargain.
— WahooEngineer (@wahoo_engr) August 28, 2015
@thehill should've done that during initial negotiations!
— Douglas Mendes (@douglasmendesjr) August 28, 2015
Last month, the Obama administration was asked why this wasn’t part of the Iran deal, and the WH unbelievably responded that they didn’t want prisoner release tied to a deal that may or may not be reached.
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