December 3, 2015
Marking the 500th day Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has been detained by Iran, his brother delivered a petition to Iran's U.N. Mission in New York, calling for his release. The U.S. also repeated its demand that Rezaian be released.
When he was arrested and charged with spying, Rezaian was the Post's Tehran bureau chief. Thursday, Ali Rezaian brought a petition that had been signed by more than 500,000 people on the website Change.org.
Last month, Iran state media reported that Jason Rezaian, a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, had been sentenced to prison — although the length of his prison term is unknown. (The Iranian government does not recognize dual citizenship.)
Describing his brother's current condition, Ali tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Jason is being held largely in isolation, with one other person.
"He's very depressed," Ali says. "He's angry; he just doesn't understand why this is all happening and gets very little information."
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