Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian reportedly sentenced to prison in Iran

Outside of The Washington Post, where Jason Rezaian serves as Tehran bureau chief
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Iran has apparently sentenced Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to an unspecified prison term, state media reported Sunday.

"Serving a jail term is in Jason Rezaian's sentence, but I cannot give details," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei reportedly said at a Tehran news conference, according to Reuters.

Rezaian, a U.S. and Iranian citizen who serves as The Post's Tehran bureau chief, was reportedly convicted in October after being accused of espionage. Rezaian's attorney told The Associated Press she had no knowledge of not just the sentence, but also of the Iranian court's verdict.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.