Iran overturns death sentence for 'CIA spy' and Game Programmer Hekmati

bbc.co.uk

41 points·cobrausn··9 comments

Correction: He wasn't a game programmer.

The article does not mention his programming background, but other sources do.

http://kotaku.com/5890496/iran-overturns-game-developers-dea...

It mentions he was involved with a game - but no one has actually said the role was as a programmer. Given his military background it might have been as, say, a consultant etc. (not to break balls or anything - just pointing it out :)).

You are correct, nothing has said programmer. For the sake of clarity, will alter title to say game developer.

EDIT:

Too late to alter the title. Will have to stand.

He was a brogrammer

Is this the same guy that was going to be executed for writing an image uploader last month? If not, what came of that case? Did they end up going through with the execution?

No, that was Saeed Malekpour, and the discussion is here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3599396

Also, I just realized that Amir Mirzai Hekmati was a game programmer, not a web programmer, and will edit the title accordingly.

They haven't published that they have executed him, but they can execute him at any time (which is why I can't say they haven't killed him yet).

I'm surprised that people who leave Iran go back to visit, even for family. It just doesn't seem safe. Then again, I am writing this from an incredibly outside perspective informed only by horror stories of people getting arrested.

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