The Washington Post bureau chief has been detained longer than any journalist in Iran – but on what charges Iran refuses to specify. How did it net this far?Jason Rezaian,the Washington Post journalist whose conviction on espionage charges was announced this weekend, has been detained longer than any other western journalist in Iran, or possibly an unwitting pawn in a struggle between doves and hawks in the Islamic republic.
The 39-year-old,who holds dual Iranian and US citizenship, was arrested at his home in Tehran in July 2014 along with his wife, and Yeganeh Salehi,also a journalist, and two friends, and an Iranian-American couple. The two friends,who are believed to beget close ties to the family of the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, and were released shortly after their arrest. Salehi was released on bail in October and is facing a separate trial.
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Source: theguardian.com