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            Iran Issues Verdict in Trial of Washington Post Reporter

   by VOA News

   Iran says a verdict has been issued in the trial of Washington Post
   reporter Jason Rezaian, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who was arrested 15
   months ago on espionage and other charges.

   There were no details on what the verdict is but judiciary spokesman
   Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said it can be appealed.

   Rezaian had been working for The Washington Post in Iran since 2012
   before he was arrested in July 2014 together with his wife, Yeganeh
   "Yegi" Salehi, and two other people. Salehi, also a journalist, has
   since been released, but Rezaian has remained in jail.

   The executive editor of The Washington Post, Martin Baron, said the
   newspaper is aware of Iran's announcement of a verdict.

   "It is not clear whether this ruling includes a verdict or a sentence -
   or even whether its contents have been communicated to Jason or his
   lawyer," Baron said. "Jason is a victim -- arrested without cause, held
   for months in isolation, without access to a lawyer, subjected to
   physical mistreatment and psychological abuse."

   Iran and the United States have not had diplomatic relations since
   1980.


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