Iran must pay a price for detaining Jason Rezaian

THE WASHINGTON POST

BY EDITORIAL BOARD

President Obama offered encouragement to the family and colleagues of Post reporter Jason Rezaian last weekend, saying, “ We will not rest until we bring him home to his family, safe and sound.” We hope Mr. Rezaian, who had been imprisoned in Iran for 281 days as of Wednesday, will hear of the president’s words. More important, though, they should be weighed by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who must realize that the unjust detention of an American journalist is only harming his regime.

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