"So what? I said I'd have more leeway
after the election. It's after the election.
Death to America!"
Posted on 10/11/2015 9:33:21 AM PDT by Dave346
An Iranian judiciary spokesman said Sunday that a verdict has been reached in the espionage case of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, though he offered no details and it was uncertain what the verdict is and whether there is a sentence.
“The ruling on this case has been issued,” Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said in a regularly scheduled televised news conference. “There is still the possibility of this ruling being appealed, and it is not final.”
“We’ve seen the news reports concerning a verdict in the case of U.S. citizen Jason Rezaian, but have not yet seen any official confirmation or details of a specific verdict from Iranian authorities,” said John Kirby, a spokesman for the State Department. “We’re monitoring the situation closely, and we continue to call for all charges against Jason to be dropped and for him to be immediately released.”
Baron said The Post knew little more than the sparse description in the official statement.
“We are aware of today’s televised announcement by the Iranian government that a ruling has been issued in the case of The Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian, but that the ruling is ‘not final’ and could be appealed,” he said in a statement. “We have no further information this time, and it is not clear whether this ruling includes a verdict or a sentence — or even whether its contents have been communicated to Jason or his lawyer.
“This vague and puzzling statement by the government of Iran only adds to the injustice that has surrounded Jason’s case since his arrest 15 months ago. Jason is a victim — arrested without cause, held for months in isolation, without access to a lawyer, subjected to physical mistreatment and psychological abuse. The only thing that has ever been clear about this case is Jason’s innocence.’’
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Another beheading coming. If it hasn’t happened already.
Sharia law takes its course.
Just out of curiosity — if this man was held in isolation with no outside contact, not even a lawyer, how does anyone know for sure that he was tortured?
I’m sure he was tortured, but I’m just trying to figure out how any information on his condition was conveyed.
From what I can find, he was allowed very limited access to a lawyer after several months.
"So what? I said I'd have more leeway
after the election. It's after the election.
Death to America!"
Are they holding a Washington Post writer because he was writing a puff piece on the regime?
The mullahcracy may have something in mind; usually, that involves seizing and then basically ransoming foreign nationals or people with dual citizenship.
“I’m sure he was tortured, but I’m just trying to figure out how any information on his condition was conveyed.”
After his wife was released from prison (3 months after her arrest), she was allowed to visit and has periodically visited him or spoken to him, along with his mother.
Besides that, word gets out from Evin, one way or another.
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