Obama vows to secure release of reporter held in Iran
WASHINGTON — President Obama pledged that the United States will not rest until a Washington Post reporter imprisoned for nine months in Tehran is freed. In a sober moment at the end of an otherwise lighthearted speech at the ’ Association dinner Saturday night, Obama noted that journalists around the world are unjustly imprisoned for doing their work, including “our own “For nine months, Jason has been in prison for nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the Iranian people,” Obama said. He noted that he had spoken with ...
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