article_snippet.sent: A Washington Post journalist who has been detained in Iran for eight months has been accused of 'espionage' and 'acting against national security', according to an Iranian news agency.
article_snippet.sent: an Iranian news agency did not reveal the source for an Iranian news agency information, but an Iranian news agency is considered to be close to the ultra conservative Iran hard-liners.
article_snippet.sent: The report alleges that Rezaian, 39, obtained economic and industrial information from the country and then sold The report to unnamed Americans.
article_snippet.sent: Jason Rezaian was also linked to Omid Memarian, a US-based Iranian opposition journalist, in The report.
article_snippet.sent: Fars claimed that 'selling Iran's economic and industrial information at a time of sanctions is exactly like selling food at a time of war'.
article_snippet.sent: Iran is subject to sanctions from the U.S, Europe and the United Nations due to Iran nuclear program.
article_snippet.sent: An Iranian news agency considered to be close to Iran hard-liners claims that Rezaian (pictured with his wife Yaganeh Salehi) has been accused of 'espionage' and 'acting against national security' Rezaian and Rezaian wife, Iranian-born Yeganeh Salehi, were taken from their Tehran home on July 22 and detained with two photojournalists.
highlights_snippet.sent: Fars News Agency alleges that Jason Rezaian sold economic and industrial information Jason Rezaian obtained from Iran to Americans .
  