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.

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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.