Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian speaks in the newspaper's offices in Washington, DC in a November 6, 2013 file photo provided by The Washington Post. REUTERS/ZOEANN MURPHY/THE WASHINGTON POST/HANDOUT
Reuters: Americans seek swap in U.S. reporter case, says Iranian official
Unnamed Americans have contacted Iran for a deal to swap Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, convicted and jailed in Iran on spying charges, for other unspecified detainees, according to a senior Iranian official quoted on Sunday.
"Some Americans contact us sometimes, asking us to exchange him with other detainees, but the sentence has not been announced yet," said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, quoted by Iran's Fars news agency.
Ejei did not specify which detainees could be under consideration nor give any other details of what the Americans could have in mind for a swap with Rezaian.
But Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani has hinted at the possibility that Rezaian could be freed in exchange for Iranian prisoners in the United States. Other Iranian officials have played down the possibility of such a swap.
Update: Iran says US is trying to arrange swap deal for Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian (IBTimes)
WNU Editor: Trump may have a point .... Trump: Iran deal was so bad it’s suspicious (The Hill).
4 comments:
He's not the only American the Iranians hold without cause. Why does the administration focus on this guy?
Trump has a point that a normal part of a deal would be an exchange of prisoners. Regarding Rezaian we don't know that he's innocent.
The reason why Anon is because he is a Washington Post reporter.
They probably tried to get an "exchange" but were to to get lost. Iran shows no respect towards the US whatsoever. Beware the anger of a woman scorned applies not only to women.
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