Post reporter charged in Iran after day in court
WASHINGTON – A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for more than four months has been charged after a day in a Tehran courtroom.
The Post reported that Jason Rezaian, the newspaper’s bureau chief in Tehran since 2012, appeared in court Saturday, almost five months after he was arrested July 22. He is an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship.
The newspaper said the nature of the charges against him were not immediately clear to those not present in the courtroom. The State Department has repeatedly raised the subject of Rezaian and other Americans jailed in Iran during talks with the government about a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear capacity and ease international sanctions.