Posted on 10/12/2015 7:15:00 AM PDT by Isara
Statement from Martin Baron, Washington Post executive editor:
The guilty verdict announced by Iran in the trial of The Washington Posts Jason Rezaian represents an outrageous injustice.
Iran has behaved unconscionably throughout this case, but never more so than with this indefensible decision by a Revolutionary Court to convict an innocent journalist of serious crimes after a proceeding that unfolded in secret, with no evidence whatsoever of any wrongdoing. For now, no sentence has been announced.
We are working with Jasons family and Iranian counsel to pursue an immediate appeal, and we expect Jasons lawyer, Leila Ahsan, also to petition for Jason to be released on bail pending a final resolution of the case.
The contemptible end to this judicial process leaves Irans senior leaders with an obligation to right this grievous wrong. Jason is a victim arrested without cause, held for months in isolation, without access to a lawyer, subjected to physical mistreatment and psychological abuse, and now convicted without basis. He has spent nearly 15 months locked up in Irans notorious Evin Prison, more than three times as long than any other Western journalists.
The only thing that has ever been clear about this case is Jasons innocence. Any fair and just review would quickly overturn this unfounded verdict. Jason should be exonerated and released; he and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who has been out on bail, should both be granted, without delay, the full freedom that is their right.
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Don’t worry, the Ø Regime and Val are working tirelessly on his freedom, and will not rest till achieved. /sar
The Post and other big media loves Muslims, why this gnashing of teeth now? You get what you sow.
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