Kildee Presses on Prisoners in Iran

The newly announced US-Iran nuclear agreement means there should be more focus on the release of American prisoners in Iran, including Amir Hekmati, a Flint man who has been imprisoned there, according to U-S Congressman Dan Kildee.

Kildee says Hekmati’s freedom should not be part of any nuclear deal, but believes Iran could show it wants to be a safer nation by releasing the prisoners who are innocent.

Iran claims Hekmati, a U-S Marine Corps veteran, was a spy. Hekmati says he had gotten special permission to enter Iran to visit his grandmother in Tehran.