Amir Hekmati is a former Marine from Flint, Michigan.
More than two and a half years ago, while visiting family in Iran, Hekmati was arrested and charged with espionage. His initial death sentence was overturned, but now reports have surfaced that Hekmati was secretly retried in December 2013.
He was convicted of "partial collaboration with the American government," and sentenced to 10 years in prison.