Barack Obama Asks Iran to Free Jason Rezaian and Other Americans
on Friday called on Iran to release a Washington Post reporter and two other Americans held there. Mr. Obama, in a statement released by the White House, said Iran must release Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who the White House said has been held “unjustly” by Tehran for eight months. Mr. Obama cited the Nowruz holiday, the Persian new year which falls on Saturday in Tehran, as a reason for Iran to consider releasing Mr. Rezaian, who the Post has said is in failing health in an Iranian prison. “It is especially painful that on a holiday ...
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