Washington Post: Iran's Imprisonment of Journalist Cause for 'Outrage'

The foreign editor of The Washington Post says it is cause for "shame and outrage" that one of its reporters has been imprisoned in Iran for 444 days, the same amount of time U.S. government employees were held during the Iran hostage crisis more than three decades ago. In an interview with VOA's Persian News Network (PNN), Post editor Douglas Jehl said the reporter, Jason Rezaian, is being held in Iran as a "bargaining chip."     Friday marks the...

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