Washington Post reporter in Tehran due back in court

The detained Washington Post correspondent will again be brought before the court in Tehran on Monday, in what could be his final hearing on charges including espionage, his lawyer says.

Jason Rezaian will be back in court on August 10, Leila Ahsan told AFP by telephone on Saturday.

"They told me that this will be the last hearing, but I cannot be 100 percent sure because there are always unexpected matters," the lawyer stated, adding that she had applied for bail but it has not been given.

She said the case should go before the Appeals Court once the judge has delivered the verdict. Ahsan did not give details but suggested that the case could have secondary proceedings.

Rezaian, a 39-year-old correspondent with a dual Iran-US citizenship, along with his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, was arrested in Tehran on July 22, 2014.

He has been The Post’s correspondent in Tehran since 2012.

He is facing charges of “espionage, collaboration with hostile governments, gathering classified information and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic.”

The Monday hearing will be the fourth in the case.

Jason’s wife, who worked as a correspondent for the UAE-based newspaper National, was released on bail in October 2014.

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