Closed-door trial in Iran of Washington Post reporter begins
The trial for Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian begins May 26 in Tehran. His brother, Ali Rezaian, says the family recently learned the trial is closed to the public. (Reuters)/ TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian security court on Tuesday began the closed-door espionage trial of an Iranian-American reporter for The Washington Post who has been detained for more than 10 months. Jason Rezaian, the Post’s 39-year-old bureau chief in Tehran, is being tried in a Revolutionary Court on allegations of “espionage for the hostile government ...
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