State Department Urges Iran to Release Washington Post Correspondent

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By: Ernesto Londoño | Washington Post

The State Department on Monday called for the release of The Washington Post’s Iran correspondent, Jason Rezaian, who was detained last week in Tehran along with his wife and two others for undetermined reasons.

Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the State Department, said Washington had asked the Swiss government, which helps with U.S. consular cases in Iran, for assistance in Rezaian’s case. The United States and Iran do not have formal diplomatic relations.

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