Ali Rezaian Wants U.S. to Apply Pressure on Iran to Free Brother Jason
"All I know is the Iranians are not going to let Jason or anybody else go unless they realize there’s a consequence for holding them."
As Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian endures his 496th day of imprisonment in Iran, his brother, Ali Rezaian, spoke to The Daily Beast about his brother’s detention.
Ali Rezaian told The Daily Beast’s Lloyd Grove that the release of Americans held in Iran, including Jason, should have been a precondition for negotiations when the United States and other major powers met with Iranian officials over the summer to discuss the lifting of sanctions in exchange for Iran putting a halt to its nuclear weapons program.
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