Iranian Official: Washington Post Journalist Could Be Freed in ‘Less than a Month’

THE WASHINGTON POST

BY WILLIAM BRANIGIN AND PETER HOLLEY

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been detained in Iran since July without trial, could be released in less than a month, according to a senior Iranian official.

Mohammed Javad Larijani, who heads Iran’s human rights council and is a top adviser to the country’s supreme leader, said in an interview Monday with the Euronews television channel that security officials have now filed charges against Rezaian alleging “that he was involved in activities beyond journalism.” Larijani said that meant activity “which breaches the security of the state,” but he offered no specifics.

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