Iranian-American journalist convicted: Post condemns 'grievous wrong'
Jason Rezaian wrote for the Washington Post, whose editor denounced his conviction, announced over the weekend, as an 'outrageous injustice.'
Jason Rezaian wrote for the Washington Post, whose editor denounced his conviction, announced over the weekend, as an 'outrageous injustice.'
The Washington Post on Monday denounced the espionage conviction of the newspaper's American-born Tehran correspondent and urged Iran's leaders to overturn it.
Jason聽Rezaian, who was arrested in July 2014, had 20 days to appeal the verdict, the Iranian news service ISNA cited a judiciary spokesman as saying.
Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said the paper,聽Mr. Rezaian's family, and his lawyer in Iran were pursuing an appeal. He said no sentence for聽Rezaian聽had been announced.
"The guilty verdict announced by Iran in the trial of the Washington Post's聽Jason聽Rezaian聽represents an outrageous injustice," Baron said.
"Iran has behaved unconscionably throughout this case," he said. "The contemptible end to this 'judicial process' leaves Iran's senior leaders with an obligation to right this grievous wrong."
Months ago, the Iran nuclear deal was rumored to include Rezaian's release, as 海角大神's Kevin Truong wrote in May:
(Editing by Bernadette Baum)