TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months will stand trial “soon,” the Islamic Republic’s official news agency reported Wednesday.
The report by the IRNA news agency quoted Gholam Hossein Esmaeili, a senior judicial official. The report did not offer a specific time for the trial to start.
“Jason Rezaian will be tried soon,” Esmaeili was quoted as saying.
Rezaian, his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and two photojournalists initially were detained July 22 in Iran’s capital, Tehran. All later were released except Rezaian, who is a dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship. Iran does not recognize dual citizenships
Iranian officials have not announced the charges Rezaian faces. However, they say Rezaian will stand trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court, which mostly hears cases involving security offenses.