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October 4, 2016

WashPo Reporter Jason Rezaian Sues Iranian Gov't over Imprisonment
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Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has sued the Iranian government
over his arrest and imprisonment in Iran in 2014. Rezaian was arrested
along with his wife, also a journalist, and held for over 500 days on
espionage charges until being released in January. His lawsuit accuses
Iran of hostage taking, terrorism, torture and of using his capture as
leverage in the ongoing nuclear negotiations. Donald Trump has claimed
the U.S. paid Iran $400 million in cash for the release of Rezaian and
four other American prisoners, but in fact the money was owed to Iran
since the 1970s, when the U.S. refused to give them weapons Iran had
already paid for, following the Iranian revolution.


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