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Washington Post scribe on Iran trial

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian went on trial on espionage charges behind closed doors in Tehran yesterday, 10 months after he was arrested at his home and imprisoned, Iran鈥檚 semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

His wife Yeganeh Salehi and a woman described as a photojournalist, who were detained with him in July but later released, also went on trial, the official IRNA news agency said without giving any details on their charges.

The three, all US-Iranian, were in court for around two hours before the session was adjourned, IRNA added.

Iranian authorities have not released details of any charges and pressed on with the case in the face of calls from United States President Barack Obama, family members and rights groups for Rezaian鈥檚 release and more information on the charges.

The case has put pressure on US-Iranian relations, while Tehran, Washington and five other world powers have been trying to hammer out a deal to end a decade-old standoff over Iran鈥檚 nuclear programme.

鈥淗e (Rezaian) has been charged with espionage for collecting confidential information ... and handing it to hostile governments, writing a letter to Obama and acting against national security,鈥 lawyer Leila Ahsan told Tasnim.


 

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