Jason Rezaian on Imprisonment in Iran

About this episode

<p><span>Jason Rezaian was born in California to </span><span>an Iranian father and an American mother</span><span>. After a failed effort to enter the Persian rug trade, he moved to Tehran to be a reporter, and was working for the Washington </span><em><span>Post</span></em><span> when he was arrested by Iranian authorities.  Rezaian was held at the notorious Evin Prison, and was interrogated for more than five hundred days. He was a pawn in an intrigue within the government: he believes his arrest, as an American journalist, was an attempt by hard-liners to interfere with the ongoing nuclear negotiations between Iran </span>and other countries. Rezaian’s memoir of that time is called “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison—Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out.” He spoke with David Remnick about his experiences on January 22, 2019, at “Live<span> </span>from<span> </span>NYPL ,” the New York Public Library’s premier conversation series.</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>