Reports: 'Washington Post' reporter convicted in Iran

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ashington Post reporter Jason Rezaian — who has been held in Iran for over a year on charges including espionage — has been convicted, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said Sunday.

Officials said earlier in the day that an Iranian revolutionary court issued a verdict in Rezaian’s trial, but did not say what it was.

In a broadcast on state TV late Sunday, judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi said: "He has been convicted, but I don't have the verdict's details," according to the Associated Press. Ejehi said Rezaian and his lawyer are eligible to appeal the conviction within 20 days.
The Isna news agency also reported Sunday that Rezaian was convicted, quoting Ejehi.


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