Washington Post journalist faces spy trial in Iran

[WorldNews]

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A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran will be tried for espionage and collaborating with "hostile governments", in a decision branded absurd Monday by the White House and the newspaper. Jason Rezaian has been in jail for nine months in Tehran in what has become a politically sensitive case that has parallelled with high-level nuclear talks between Iran and global powers, including the United States. The allegations against him had been shrouded in secrecy, but in a telephone call to AFP on Monday, Rezaian's lawyer Leila Ahsan detailed the four serious offences her client faces.

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