AMA: I spent 544 days in an Iranian prison for doing journalism. I'm Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post and author of the new book 'Prisoner.'

Hi r/worldnews! I'm Jason Rezaian, and I've served as Tehran bureau chief for the Washington Post and am now an opinion writer for the paper and contributor to CNN. I was convicted—but never sentenced—of espionage in a closed-door trial in Iran in 2015. I now live in Washington, DC, with my wife.

In my book "Prisoner," I write about exhausting interrogations, a farcical trial, especially since my reporting in Iran was a mix of human interest stories and political analysis. I initially thought it was a misunderstanding, but I soon realize it was much more dire as it eventually became an 18-month prison term with impossibly high diplomatic stakes. This post details my first few hours as I came to this realization.

AMA starts at 3 p.m. ET, noon PST! Talk to you soon! Big thanks to the r/worldnews mods for helping us set this up!

More on my book here.

And here's an 18-minute documentary on the efforts to free me: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/opinions/jason-rezaian-documentary/?utm_term=.25a8988889c7&tid=sm_rd

Proof: https://twitter.com/jrezaian/status/1090017070551420928

Submitted January 29, 2019 at 09:23PM by washingtonpost http://bit.ly/2MDxh1W