"The enrichment in Fordow has started," an Iranian official who asked not to be identified told Reuters. Two diplomats at the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has inspected the site, confirmed it. ...
"Amir Mirza Hekmati was sentenced to death ... for cooperating with the hostile country America and spying for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)," ISNA news agency quoted judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei as saying.
We deny he is a spy:
The death sentence for Amir Mirza Hekmati, 28, an Arizona-born former U.S. military translator, will further rile Washington, which denies he is a spy and has demanded his immediate release since his arrest last month.
Tough sanctions would have been useful ten years ago to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions. Now, we need President Obama to channel Teddy Roosevelt and tell the Iranian mullahs, "This government wants Hekmati alive and Fordow dead."
Especially if Hekmati is an American spy.
