Posted on 10/12/2015 6:28:31 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
When President Obama made a deal with the Iranians in July over the terror sponsor's nuclear program, he left four Americans behind. One of those Americans is Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian.
By the administration's own admission and standards Rezaian, who has been held in an Iranian prison for more than a year, is being held on trumped up, bogus charges. This morning, it is being reported Rezaian has been issued a verdict on those same charges after a closed door "trial."
An Iranian judiciary spokesman said Sunday that a verdict has been reached in the espionage case of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, though he offered no details. It was uncertain what the verdict is and whether there is a sentence.
“The ruling on this case has been issued,” Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said in his weekly televised news conference with Iranian journalists. “There is still the possibility of this ruling being appealed, and it is not final.”
The Post has vehemently disputed the allegation that Rezaian was a spy. Executive Editor Martin Baron has said that Rezaian was acting solely as a journalist, and he has called the trial a “sham” and “a sick brew of farce and tragedy.”
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BREAKING: Iran state TV says Washington Post reporter
Jason Rezaian convicted after closed-door trial on various charges
4:18 AM - 12 Oct 2015
We'll have to wait and see whether Rezaian has been convicted on charges. Based on the talks from Iranian sources about an appeal, things aren't looking good.
In the meantime, Iran is still unjustly holding U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati, FBI agent Robert Levinson and of course, Rezaian. No word yet from the White House on how the administration plans to help.
I hope all you people out there that voted for this piece of garbage not only once but twice are so proud of yourselves....is there a mirror around you can look into without it shattering? NO, I didn’t think so....
I hope you all rot and burn in hell.....
Thank you for posting that. I am glad that I have found at least one more who feels as I do about those who voted for the sob. I could not have said it better.
Journalists need to hang their heads in shame too... The ‘deal’ Kerry made in the name of lying liberal fools everywhere is man’s undoing. Same on the biased silly shallow stupid liberal press.
It’s obvious the Iranians are “criminalizing” this hostage to make him more equivalent to Iranians held for cause in the U.S. and thus more “marketable”in a trade. Expect others held in Iran to face a similar process.
Prediction: He will be released soon.
This is Iran kicking sand in obama’s 98-pound weakling face. They know he’s catching hell for not getting the hostages released, and that he will do nothing about it.
We have a pathetic excuse for a “leader”...and we’re $150-billion poorer for it.
It’s funny that hostages in Iran highlights the end of the two worst presidents in history.
And yet..everyone of this journalist associates in the media would drink muslim vomit if ordered by obama.....this false sense of caring by “journalist” is total BS.
Does anybody remember that Kerry stated that it was “too complicated” to bring up the matter of the hostages during the Iran Nuke talks and when that got a bad reaction, later claimed they brought up the issue of the hostages at every Iran Nuke talk meeting?
Iran rubs shiite in obama’s face and he is eating it as fast as they can dish it out...
If one deserter equals 5 terrorist, how many terrorists could he get released for one innocent journalist?
“No word yet from the White House on how the administration plans to help”. They have been little or no help so far,so any help from that direction is about as likely as a “not guilty” verdict from the Iranian court.
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