[caption id="attachment_108419" align="alignright" width="159"] A Nov. 6, 2013, photo shows Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, at the newspaper in Washington. (Zoeann Murphy/AP)[/caption]

Hard-line Iranian Parliament member Hamid Rasaei has been on a mission to connect the case of detained Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian to the administration of President Hassan Rouhani. Rasaei has accused a figure within the administration of granting�Rezaian high level access to sensitive institutions and called for the�airing of�an alleged confession by Rezaian on�Iranian TV.

Rasaei, the deputy head of Iran�s Parliament�s Article 90 investigative committee, said, �The important question is who was supporting Jason Rezaian [and why] within the role of a Washington Post reporter he was able to inspect sensitive places of the country.� He added that while Rezaian published �half-positive� articles, �his prime motive for these inspections was not for reports to be published.� He did not go into detail�about the accusations other than saying Rezaian�s motive was to bring about more pressure on various Iranian industries.

Rasaei, who is facing charges�of �administration violations� brought against him by a body�that operates under the Hassan Rouhani administration, also�accused Rezaian of having connections to the Rouhani administration.

In a�Feb.�14�parliament�session, Rasaei called for an�investigation into��which official from the president�s office has his footprints in the�spying case of Jason Rezaian�and his wife, that with a title of journalist, they had penetrated the highest institutions of the presidency.� He continued, �Explain which director in the president�s office gave access to this individual.�With correspondence from which individual did Jason Rezaian pass through important security barriers?�

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