Tehran: The case of a US-Iranian correspondent for the Washington Post who has been detained since July is to go before the Islamic republic’s revolutionary court, Tehran’s prosecutor general said yesterday.
“With the investigation closed, the charge sheet has been drawn up and the case of Jason Rezaian has been sent to the revolutionary court,” said Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, quoted by Fars news agency, without giving details or any date. Iran’s revolutionary court normally handles cases involving political or national security crimes.
Rezaian’s mother, who is in Iran, has been able to see him twice. Rezaian, a dual national and the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Tehran, was charged in early December. But the specific accusations against him remain unclear, according to the Post.
AFP
