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Iran sentences journalist Jason Rezaian to prison
By Schams Elwazer, CNN
Updated 11:07 AM ET, Sun November 22, 2015

(CNN)An Iranian court has sentenced Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to prison for spying, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Sunday.

The length of the sentence was not specified, Tasnim reported.

"The verdict has been issued but has not been officially handed down to the accused or his lawyer. ... Given the fact that the verdict has not been officially handed down, I cannot reveal the details but what I can say is that the accused has been sentenced to prison," judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said, accordng to Tasnim.

No details were provided on the exact nature of the verdict.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/22/middleeast/iran-jason-rezaian-prison/index.html




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