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May 27, 2015

Trial of U.S. Journalist Jason Rezaian Begins in Iran 
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An American journalist is on trial in Iran nearly one year after he was
detained. Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tehran,
is accused of espionage and passing information to "hostile
governments." He faces up to 20 years behind bars. In Washington, State
Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke called for Rezaian's release.

Jeff Rathke: "We continue to monitor this as closely as possible, and we
continue to call for all of the absurd charges to be dropped and for
Jason Rezaian to be released immediately. We always raise the cases of
detained and missing U.S. citizens with Iranian officials on the
sidelines of the P5+1 talks and the other interactions that happen in
that context, and we will continue to do that until all of them are
home."

 

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