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Podcast: In the Court of the Judge of Death

May 29, 2015
IranWire
Podcast: In the Court of the Judge of Death
Podcast: In the Court of the Judge of Death

Last year Iran's security forces arrested Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, and held him without charge for eight months.

This week, he appeared before Tehran's secretive Revolutionary Court to face accusations of espionage.

Presiding over the court is one of Iran's most notorious hanging judges, Abolghasem Salavati.

In this broadcast, Roland Elliott Brown looks at what Rezaian is up against.

 

Read the full transcript of the podcast here

Last week's podcast: Dogs, Iran’s Political Animals

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