By Faith Karimi and Mark Morgenstein
(CNN) — A Washington Post correspondent detained in Iran since July has been officially charged with unspecified crimes, the newspaper reported.
Jason Rezaian, who holds dual American and Iranian citizenship, has been the paper’s bureau chief in Tehran since 2012.
He attended a 10-hour court session in Tehran on Saturday, the paper said, during which a judge revisited his case and Rezaian signed paperwork to acknowledge he understood he was being charged.
It was unclear what his charges were, the paper said, citing those present in the courtroom. It said his lawyer has not been allowed to visit him.
“We’re appalled by the injustice of it all,” Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron said in an email message on Sunday morning.
“It’s disgraceful treatment of a good and decent man. There is no justification for his continued imprisonment, just as there was no justification for his arrest in the first place,” Baron wrote.
“The Iranian government has never explained why Jason was detained or why he has been held for more than four months without access to a lawyer,” Baron said earlier. “Jason is an American citizen who was acting as a fully accredited journalist. … Any fair legal proceeding would quickly determine that any allegations against him are baseless.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Iran to free Rezaian.
“We call on (the) Iranian government to drop any charges against Jason Rezaian and release him so he can be reunited with his family,” the State Department tweeted on Kerry’s behalf.
Rezaian’s wife, Yeganeh Salehi, was arrested with him, but she was released on bail in October, according to the Post.
CNN’s Brian Stelter reported on this story from New York and Faith Karimi and Mark Morgenstein wrote it in Atlanta.
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