page_title: Jason Rezaian
section_title: Release
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Rezaian / Release
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian - who he worked to free after he was unjustly held in Iran for 18 months - before the two attended a ceremony on January 28, 2016, to dedicate the new Post headquarters in Washington, D.C. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: Jason Rezaian is an Iranian-American journalist who served as Tehran bureau chief for The Washington Post. He was convicted of espionage in a closed-door trial in Iran in 2015.
  On July 22, 2014, Iranian authorities arrested Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and took the couple into custody, accusing them of espionage. While Salehi – also a journalist – was released on October 6, Rezaian remained in custody at Evin Prison, a detention center in Tehran known for housing political prisoners and intellectuals. After nine months, it was made public on April 20, 2015, that Iranian authorities had indicted him on four charges, including espionage and "propaganda against the establishment". His trial began on May 26, 2015. His conviction was announced on October 11, 2015. On Nov. 22, 2015, Iranian officials said he had been sentenced to a prison term, the length of which was not disclosed. On January 16, 2016, it was announced that he had been released.
context_section_description: On January 16, 2016, it was announced that Rezaian had been released from Iran along with three other United States prisoners. On the same day of his release, America released $1.7 billion in frozen Iranian accounts.
caption: John Kerry and Jason Rezaian
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