Washington Post reporter goes on trial in Tehran behind closed doors


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian speaks in the newspaper's offices in Washington, DC in a November 6, 2013 file photo provided by The Washington Post. Rezaian went on trial on espionage charges behind closed doors in Tehran on May 26, 2015, 10 months after he was arrested at his home and imprisoned, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. REUTERS/Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post/Handout via Reuters

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

His wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and a woman described as a photojournalist also went on trial, the official IRNA news agency said. Both women were detained with him in July but later released.

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