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Jason Rezaian "convicted" of espionage in Iran
2015-10-12
[HOT Air] Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post correspondent in Tehran imprisoned for more than 14 months has been convicted in an espionage trial that ended two months ago, Iranian State TV has reported.

News of a verdict in Tehran's Revolutionary Court initially came early Sunday, but court spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei did not specify the judgment. In a state TV report late Sunday, Ejei said definitively that Rezaian was found guilty.

But many details remained unknown. Rezaian faced four charges -- the most serious of which was espionage -- and it's unclear if he was convicted of all charges. Rezaian and The Post have strongly denied the accusations, and his case has drawn wide-ranging denunciations including statements from the White House and media freedom groups.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Sort of convicted in the Holder/Dept of Education official style of handling 'sexual misconduct' charges on today's campuses in America. Guess he couldn't prove his innocence. I'm sure the WAPO grasps the irony of the situation. /sarc
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-10-12 16:00  

#2  Shows you what a putz Champ is: he couldn't get one guy released from an Iranian prison in return for $150 billion to be paid to terrorists.

Heck, even in Illinois I could have gotten us a prisoner exchange and a new bridge in my hometown.
Posted by: Steve White   2015-10-12 14:58  

#1  Two months ago? Wasn't that about the time of Champ's historic agreement that wasn't quite a treaty with the Mad Mullahs?
Posted by: Bobby   2015-10-12 13:27  

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