After 7 Months in Jail, U.S. Journalist in Iran Is Allowed to Hire Lawyer

Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent, who has been imprisoned by the Iranian authorities on undisclosed charges for more than seven months, has been allowed to hire a lawyer after extensive delays, his family has reported.

Mr. Rezaian’s brother, Ali, and mother, Mary, said in an emailed announcement Sunday that he would be represented by Leila Ahsan, the same lawyer who represents Mr. Rezaian’s wife, the Iranian journalist Yeganeh Salehi. Both were arrested in their Tehran home on July 22, but Ms. Salehi was released on bail after about two months.

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