Looks like it is going to be a kangeroo court.
Washington Post Reporter’s Family, Public Barred From Attending His Trial In Iran
Jason Rezaian was working as the newspaper’s Tehran bureau chief when he was arrested in July 2014 by Iranian authorities.
posted on May. 25, 2015, at 1:12 p.m.
Stephanie McNeal
BuzzFeed News Reporter
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The trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for espionage and other charges in Iran will be closed to public, including his own family, his newspaper announced Monday.
Twitter: @jrezaian
The newspaper’s executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement that the news means the trial will be “closed to the scrutiny it fully deserves.”
“There is no justice in this system, not an ounce of it, and yet the fate of a good, innocent man hangs in the balance,” Baron wrote.
Rezaian was working as the newspaper’s Tehran bureau chief when he was arrested in July 2014 by Iranian authorities.
He is facing charges of espionage, collecting classified information, collaborating with hostile governments, and propaganda against the establishment.
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Washington Post Reporter’s Family, Public Barred From Attending His Trial In Iran
Jason Rezaian was working as the newspaper’s Tehran bureau chief when he was arrested in July 2014 by Iranian authorities.
posted on May. 25, 2015, at 1:12 p.m.
Stephanie McNeal
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Tweet
The trial of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian for espionage and other charges in Iran will be closed to public, including his own family, his newspaper announced Monday.
Twitter: @jrezaian
The newspaper’s executive editor Martin Baron said in a statement that the news means the trial will be “closed to the scrutiny it fully deserves.”
“There is no justice in this system, not an ounce of it, and yet the fate of a good, innocent man hangs in the balance,” Baron wrote.
Rezaian was working as the newspaper’s Tehran bureau chief when he was arrested in July 2014 by Iranian authorities.
He is facing charges of espionage, collecting classified information, collaborating with hostile governments, and propaganda against the establishment.
Continue reading at:
Washington Post Reporter s Family Public Barred From Attending His Trial In Iran - BuzzFeed News
