Jason Rezaian

author of “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison — Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out”

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Iran-based Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and his wife, Yegi, were going to a birthday party in 2014 when they were stopped at gunpoint, arrested, blindfolded, and taken…

Jason Rezaian on surviving solitary confinement in Iran, and how his wife became his lifeline

Iran-based Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and his wife, Yegi, were going to a birthday party in 2014 when they were stopped at gunpoint, arrested, blindfolded, and taken…

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