WASHINGTON // A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for more than four months has been formally charged in a Tehran courtroom, the newspaper reported.
Jason Rezaian, the newspaper’s bureau chief in Tehran since 2012, appeared in court almost five months after his arrest on July 22. His wife Yeganeh Salehi, The National’s correspondent in Iran, was detained the same day but released in October.
The charges were the first against Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship.
The newspaper, quoting a source familiar with the case, said the charges against him were not immediately clear.
The US state department has repeatedly raised the subject of Rezaian and other Americans jailed in Iran during talks about a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear capacity.
* Associated Press
