Iran sentences American to death ‘for working with CIA’

AN Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.

Iran charges that as a former US Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, received special training and served at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission.

The radio report did not say when the verdict was issued.