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** FILE ** This undated file photo released by his family via FreeAmir.org shows Amir Hekmati. The former U.S. Marine convicted of criminal charges in Iran after being accused of working for the CIA will appeal for a new trial after already seeing his sentence reduced once, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hekmati family via FreeAmir.org, File)

Former US Marine Imprisoned in Iran seeks retrial

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

** FILE ** This undated file photo released by his family via FreeAmir.org shows Amir Hekmati. The former U.S. Marine convicted of criminal charges in Iran after being accused of working for the CIA will appeal for a new trial after already seeing his sentence reduced once, an Iranian news agency reported Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hekmati family via FreeAmir.org, File)

1,000th day in prison nearing, Marine asks retrial

By DAVID N. GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo released by his family via FreeAmir.org shows Amir Hekmati. Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine being held in Iran over the past two years on accusations of spying for the CIA. The semiofficial ISNA news agency reported Saturday, April 12, 2014 that an appeals court has overturned a death sentence of an American man convicted of working for the CIA, instead sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Iran charged Hekmati with receiving special training and serving at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged mission. Hekmati's father, a professor at a community college in Flint, Michigan, has said his son is not a CIA spy. (AP Photo/Hekmati family via FreeAmir.org, File)

Lawyer: Ex-Marine gets 10-year sentence in Iran

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI - Associated Press