U.S. Court Orders Iran to Compensate Journalist Jason Rezaian

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Author: 
Miranda Bannister
Volume: 
35
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

A U.S. court recently ordered Iran to pay $180 million in damages to U.S. journalist Jason Rezaian who was captured at gun point and imprisoned for 544 days in the infamous Evin Prison.  At the time he was seized, he was working legally in Tehran as a reporter for The Washington Post.