October 10-14
The Islamic Republic has freed the wife of Jason Rezaian on bail, but is still detaining The Washington Post reporter.
Yeganeh Salehi, 30, who is the Tehran correspondent for the United Arab Emirates English language newspaper, The National, was freed last week.
The National quoted Ali Rezaian, Jason’s brother, as saying his sister-in-law was freed late last week. He said she was “physically healthy” and had been allowed to visit her husband.
The story did not say what size bail had to be posted to free her or provide any more details.
Salehi and her husband were picked up from their home in Tehran July 22, so she spent about 2 1/2 months in detention before she was freed.
It still isn’t known if any charges have been filed against her or her husband.
The Washington Post said Salehi’s press credentials had been revoked and she could no longer work as a reporter in Iran. But Mohammad Koushesh, the director general for foreign media at the Culture Ministry, said her press card was still valid and “no decision has been taken” to revoke it.
Two other journalists, an Iranian-American photojournalist and her Iranian-American husband, were also detained on the same day, but both were later released.
Salehi does not have US citizenship, but recently received a green card.
Rezaian, 38, was born in California to an Iranian-American father, who has since died, and an American mother, who recently resettled in Turkey.
Rezaian moved to Tehran as a free-lance writer in 2008 and was later hired by The Washington Post.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says Iran has around 35 journalists imprisoned and is in the top three countries for jailing reporters.
