TEHRAN (AFP) ― Iran has released an Iranian journalist arrested almost three months ago with her husband, the Washington Post’s Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian, U.S. and Iranian officials said Monday.
Rezaian, who holds dual U.S.-Iranian citizenship, remains in custody but Yeganeh Salehi was freed on bail last week, the official said, confirming an earlier report by the Post.
The couple’s detention has attracted considerable attention amid the ongoing talks between Iran and the United States and other world powers over the Islamic republic’s disputed nuclear program.
It remains unclear why Rezaian, 38, and Salehi were arrested on July 22 or what charges they are facing. One conservative newspaper in Tehran has accused Rezaian of espionage.
Last month, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Rezaian was being questioned “for what he has done as an Iranian citizen.”
