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Tag : Jason Rezaian

February 8, 2020

“Stop Trying to Destroy Me and My Family” Writes Iranian American Businessman from Tehran’s Evin Prison

In a letter from Evin Prison in Tehran where he has been held since October 2015, Iranian American businessman Siamak Namazi asked Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi why his requests for furlough have been repeatedly denied while those around him continue to be allowed to go ...

January 18, 2019

Satirist Keyomars Marzban to Be Tried in Iran Under Hardline Judge Salavati

Iranian satirist Keyomars Marzban, who has been detained in Iran since August 2018, is due to face ...

March 10, 2017

Dual National Robin Shahini Serving 18-Year Prison Sentence in Iran Proclaims Innocence in Letter

An Iranian-American man who was sentenced to 18 years in prison during a visit to his birth country has written a letter proclaiming his innocence. ...

January 20, 2016

Cartoon 135: Prisoner Swap

On January 16, 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran released four prisoners with dual Iranian and American citizenships, in return for the release of several ...

October 27, 2015

Congressman Keith Ellison Calls for Immediate Release of Washington Post Reporter Jason Rezaian

The US Congressional Representative from Minnesota, Keith Ellison, called today in a video message for the “unconditional release of Jason Rezaian.” “I call on the Iranian government to recognize that the truth should never be a crime, and Rezaian must be ...

October 6, 2015

Case against Rezaian Will Be Built on Little More than Forced “Confession”

Iranian Judiciary Has Long History of Relying on False “Confessions” Extracted Under Duress October 6, 2015—Two months after the end of the trial of Washington Post reporter Jason ...

September 28, 2015

Cartoon 123: Jason Rezaian and Rouhani in New York

In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran would be  willing to discuss release of American prisoners, such as Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, ...

September 22, 2015

Message to Rouhani: Rights Crisis in Iran Must Finally Be Addressed

Hassan Rouhani addresses the UN General Assembly in ...

August 31, 2015

Wife of Imprisoned Pastor Asks US Officials to Obtain Release of Her Husband

Saeed Abedini American officials must do more to obtain the release of unjustly imprisoned Iranian-Americans, according to the ...

August 20, 2015

Fabrication in Iranian Reports on Wall Street Journal Reporter Exposed

Farnaz Fassihi False Allegations Are Attempt to Justify Coming Verdict against Washington Post Reporter Rezaian After a week of ...

August 13, 2015

Imprisoned Artist Suffering from Lymphatic Disease

Atena Faraghdani The artist and civil activist Atena Faraghdani has developed signs of lymphatic disease in prison as ...

August 11, 2015

Rezaian’s Lawyer Prevented from Responding to Prosecutor’s Accusations

The blatant denial of due process on display on the last day of Jason Rezaian’s trial on August 10, 2015, when his lawyer was not ...

August 10, 2015

Rezaian and Other Iranian-American Prisoners Held on Sham Charges Should be Released

Three Iranian-American prisoners, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Jason ...

January 30, 2015

Jason Rezaian To Be Put on Trial Soon, Says Head of Tehran Judiciary

Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent in Tehran, has been in solitary ...

January 14, 2015

Jason Rezaian Indicted by Tehran Revolutionary Court, Says Prosecutor

During a press conference today, Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told reporters that the imprisoned Washington Post correspondent, Jason Rezaian, has been indicted and that his case has been forwarded to a Tehran Revolutionary Court. The Prosecutor’s announcement, after 170 days of “temporary detention” of ...

December 18, 2014

Cartoon 103: Jason Rezaian’s Continuos Detention

"Temporary detention orders" for Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, have been extended for two more months. Jason Rezaian, 38, holds dual Iranian ...

October 1, 2014

Cartoon 95: No Journalists in Prison

“I do not believe that an individual would be detained or put in prison for being a journalist. An individual can be a reporter, a journalist, and have committed a crime. But that crime is not necessarily always related to their profession, to the profession ...

August 12, 2014

Official Silence Continues on Washington Post Reporter’s Detention

Three weeks after Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and his journalist wife Yeganeh Salehi were arrested in Tehran, Iranian judicial authorities continue to refuse to provide any information about the reasons for the couple’s arrest or any news about their condition. ...

July 27, 2014

Cartoon 89: Continued Arrests of Journalists in Iran

Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent in Tehran, and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for UAE's National newspaper, were arrested on the night of July 22, 2014, after their homes were ...

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