Jason Rezaian
A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran will be tried for espionage and collaborating with “hostile governments”, his lawyer told AFP Monday, insisting there is “no justifiable proof” against him.
Jason Rezaian, the newspaper’s Tehran correspondent, has been in jail for nine months on what has become a politically sensitive case given ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the West.
His employer denounced the charges as absurd and ludicrous.
In a telephone call after meeting him, the reporter’s lawyer Leila Ahsan said her client also stands accused of gathering classified information and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic of …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
