TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The lawyer of detained Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian said Tuesday her client should be freed in the wake of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Iranian media reported. Both the semi-official Fars and Tasnim news agencies quoted Rezaian's defense lawyer, Leila Ahsan, as saying Iran's new penal code also meant ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The lawyer of a detained Washington Post journalist charged with espionage in Iran says the next hearing in his trial likely will be the last. Jason Rezaian's defense lawyer, Leila Ahsan, told The Associated Press on Monday by telephone that the court has informed her the next session "almost certainly" will be the last one....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The trial of a Washington Post reporter detained in Iran for months will begin next week, a defense lawyer said Tuesday. State TV and other news outlets quoted an unnamed judiciary official as saying the first session of the trial of Jason Rezaian will be held next Tuesday. The official did not say whether the hearing would ...