Iran's judiciary chief has urged the United States not to interfere in cases of detained Americans, days after US Secretary of State John Kerry said a jailed Marine should be freed.
Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani's remarks followed the fourth anniversary of Amir Hekmati's imprisonment in Tehran on what Kerry called "false espionage charges."
Hekmati was visiting relatives in the Islamic republic when he was arrested.
Larijani, quoted in Iranian media on Tuesday, said Iran examined legal cases "including those accused of spying for America, with absolute composure and dignity, based on duty and procedure."
"The judiciary does not need American officials to write prescriptions for it," Larijani said. "Our advice to them is not to hype (such matters) up uselessly."
In his remarks on Friday, Kerry called Hekmati's detention "unjust" and also renewed his call for Iran to release two other Americans.
Pastor Saeed Abedini was arrested in Iran in 2012 and sentenced to eight years in jail for gathering a group of people to study the Bible.
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, meanwhile, has gone on trial on spying charges and after more than a year in custody is awaiting sentencing.
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We should just go ahead and give them their first nuclear weapon - they're gonna get one anyway.
ReplyDeleteGet Col Tibbets on the phone and let him know he'll be another generation of Tibbets' that have dropped 'the' bomb. The 509th is at it again! They can fly the B-2 from Whiteman and be back for the weekend BBQ!
The return of the hostages should have been a mandatory condition in the so called Iran deal. Either Obama and Kerry are poor poker players or pathetic losers.
ReplyDeleteActually give them a nuclear weapon, but set a remote timer on the thing. During the big parade, when all of the dignitaries and faithful are assembled, let 'er rip.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I'm only dreaming.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think a medal winning guy like Kerry, who negotiated with the N. Vietnamese, could really wrangle with the Iranian mullahs on behalf of Americans held as hostages. Not so, apparently.
He couldn't even get OweBama a good tee time at the Tehran Country Club!
12:16 pathetic losers, that is what they are. Kerry is a disgrace for someone that was supposed to be a war hero.
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