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WP reporter faces spy trial in Iran
(MENAFN- Arab News) TEHRAN: The detained Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian faces trial for espionage and three other charges including 'collaboration with hostile governments' his lawyer told AFP on Monday.
Rezaian the newspaper's Tehran correspondent has been in jail for nine months but no date has yet been set for court Leila Ahsan said revealing the case against her client for the first time and saying it contained 'no justifiable proof.'
In a telephone call after meeting Rezaian she said Rezaian was also accused of gathering classified information and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ahsan revealed the charges hours after senior judicial official said the file against Rezaian an American-Iranian citizen is 'thick and contains different aspects.'
However Ahsan said: 'Jason is a journalist and the nature of his work is to have access to information and to publish it. He had no access to confidential information either directly or indirectly.'
Rezaian 39 was detained in Tehran on July 22 last year along with his Iranian wife who was later released on bail. Rezaian is being held in the capital's notorious Evin Prison where Ahsan said he was 'in good spirits' but had no access to newspapers or media.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif last week said the charges against Rezaian were 'very serious' and were a matter for Iran's judiciary insisting the case was free of political interference.
Zarif's remarks came after the Post accused Iran of thwarting Rezaian's access to legal counsel.
Rezaian the newspaper's Tehran correspondent has been in jail for nine months but no date has yet been set for court Leila Ahsan said revealing the case against her client for the first time and saying it contained 'no justifiable proof.'
In a telephone call after meeting Rezaian she said Rezaian was also accused of gathering classified information and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ahsan revealed the charges hours after senior judicial official said the file against Rezaian an American-Iranian citizen is 'thick and contains different aspects.'
However Ahsan said: 'Jason is a journalist and the nature of his work is to have access to information and to publish it. He had no access to confidential information either directly or indirectly.'
Rezaian 39 was detained in Tehran on July 22 last year along with his Iranian wife who was later released on bail. Rezaian is being held in the capital's notorious Evin Prison where Ahsan said he was 'in good spirits' but had no access to newspapers or media.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif last week said the charges against Rezaian were 'very serious' and were a matter for Iran's judiciary insisting the case was free of political interference.
Zarif's remarks came after the Post accused Iran of thwarting Rezaian's access to legal counsel.
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