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WaPo reporter among three Americans detained by Iran
Three Americans, including a reporter for the Washington Post, appear to have been detained in Iran. The newspaper said on July 24 that the other two Americans, not yet identified, work as freelance photojournalists.In a statement, the paper's foreign editor said, "We have received credible reports that Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post and his wife Yeganeh Salehi were detained on Tuesday evening in Tehran." The newspaper said Rezaian holds both American and Iranian citizenship. His wife is an Iranian citizen who has applied for U.S. permanent residency and works as a correspondent for a United Arab Emirates-based newspaper. Posted by: ryuge 2014-07-26 |
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