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Once held in Iranian jail, ex-Marine fights espionage claims

by Eric Tucker
| March 16, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million in compensation from a special U.S. government fund.

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