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Iran’s president dodges question on held reporter

By Washington Examiner

Published August 30, 2014 4:55pm ET

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Iran’s president dodges question on held reporter — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Rouhani declined to answer a question about a detained Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian. Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper The National, who have been held for more than a month. Iranian officials have not specifically said why Rezaian and his wife were detained. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) | Ebrahim Noroozi

CAIRO (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declined to specifically discuss the case of a detained Washington Post journalist during a nationally televised news conference Saturday.

During the conference, a journalist asked a question about Iran’s global outreach after the parliament’s impeachment of the country’s science minister, increased raids targeting satellite dishes and the detention of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian.

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