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Imprisoned reporter’s trial in Iran starts Tuesday

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published May 25, 2015 9:01pm ET
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Imprisoned reporter’s trial in Iran starts Tuesday
In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, right, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper, The National, smile as they attend a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) | Vahid Salemi

The Iranian trial for imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian starts Tuesday in Tehran.

Iranian authorities arrested the journalist 10 months ago on charges of espionage, but neither Rezaian nor the public will be allowed to attend the trial, despite requests by the State Department and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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