American Sentenced to Death in Iran Visited by His Mother
The mother of an American man sentenced to death in for espionage visited her gaunt and frightened son on death row in a Tehran prison this month, as his lawyers in Iran began an appeal of his conviction, an American lawyer representing the family said on Tuesday./ Benhaz Hekmati traveled alone to Tehran on Jan. 28 to visit her son, Amir Mizraei Hekmati, who, according to rights activists, is the first American citizen sentenced to death in Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Mrs. Hekmati stayed with close relatives, and visited her ...
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