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Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian appears in second hearing in Tehran
Source: The Guardian
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian appears in second hearing in Tehran
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Monday 8 June 2015 12.36 BST
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter held in Iran on charges of spying and collaborating with hostile governments, has appeared at a second, private, hearing in Tehran.
The Iranian-American journalist, who has been in jail for more than 10 months, is standing trial alongside two other defendants who have not been named, the IRNA state news agency reported.
Rezaian’s first hearing was held last month but little information has been released in public about what had been discussed during that session. Rezaian has been held largely incommunicado since his detention in July 2014.
Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Rezaian as saying during the first hearing: “I am a journalist, and all of my activities have been conducted as a journalist, and all were legal.”
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Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Monday 8 June 2015 12.36 BST
Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter held in Iran on charges of spying and collaborating with hostile governments, has appeared at a second, private, hearing in Tehran.
The Iranian-American journalist, who has been in jail for more than 10 months, is standing trial alongside two other defendants who have not been named, the IRNA state news agency reported.
Rezaian’s first hearing was held last month but little information has been released in public about what had been discussed during that session. Rezaian has been held largely incommunicado since his detention in July 2014.
Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Rezaian as saying during the first hearing: “I am a journalist, and all of my activities have been conducted as a journalist, and all were legal.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/washington-post-reporter-iran-jason-rezaian-second-hearing-tehran
