Iran detains Washington Post reporter, others without explanation

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It appears very dangerous for foreign reporters to be operating in Muslim countries where there appears to be no freedom of speech, and any little slip can land you in prison.


Iran detains Washington Post reporter, others without explanation

Husband-and-wife journalists Jason Rezaian and Yeganeh Salehi in Tehran last year. Rezaian works for the Washington Post. Iran has held the two since July 22.

By RAMIN MOSTAGHIM AND PATRICK J. MCDONNELL

Iran has detained Washington Post's Jason Rezaian and wife Yeganeh Salehi since July 22; it won't say whyIranian reformists say journalists' arrests are an attempt by hard-liners to undermine President RouhaniWashington Post reporters say it's preposterous to suggest a colleague arrested in Iran is a spyIran's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it could not provide details of what crimes several journalists, including a Washington Post reporter, were suspected of committing before they were arrested two weeks ago.

The Post correspondent, Jason Rezaian, 38, a U.S.-Iranian dual citizen from Northern California, was arrested July 22 with his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian national and correspondent for the National, a newspaper based in the United Arab Emirates.

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Reporters are not magically protected in war zones. They are used to feed a particular story or perspective, they are kidnapped for ransom, they are accused of being a spy, they too often can become the story instead of reporting.

They knowingly take the risk.