( CNN ) My son Jason Rezaian and his wife were taken at gunpoint from their apartment in Iran more than 200 days ago . Since then , he has been languishing in a jail with no firm trial date in sight . Our patience has been exhausted . It is time to release my son or let him face a fair trial . Jason Rezaian , The Washington Post 's Tehran bureau chief , was taken with his wife , Yeganeh , from their apartment on July 22 . Jason , a dual Iranian-American citizen , has been at Evin Prison , held on suspicion of somehow posing a security risk to Iran . Yeganeh was released in early October , and through November she was permitted three phone calls and two visits each week . But last month , she was only permitted one brief visit . In a meeting December 22 with two members of Jason and Yeganeh 's interrogation team , I was informed : `` The West has an unfair view of us ( the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ) . We do not rape , we do not torture ; we do not waterboard . We are not Guantanamo . ... We do everything by Islamic , true Islamic law . '' When I visited my son in Evin on Christmas Day , he told me : `` I will be a model prisoner if I am granted my rights under Islamic law . Rights attributed to Imam Ali , a fair and just man . And I do n't believe I 've been granted any of them : the right to meet with my attorney , my trial scheduled in a timely manner , and visitation rights with my wife . '' Following my trip , Iranian newspapers -- moderate and hard-line alike -- highlighted that I had met with Jason twice . Last weekend , in Munich , Germany , Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif commented on his role in that process . But while I sincerely appreciate Zarif 's `` humanitarian '' efforts , as well as the orchestrating of Jason 's one telephone call to me for Thanksgiving Day , the fact is that as a dual citizen and therefore Iranian mother , it is my right to visit my son in prison . In fact , in the early months , I was told the Iranians were asking Jason , `` Where is your mother ? '' when I was n't there all the time because they are so accustomed to seeing mothers waiting outside the prison gates . Yet in January , I was given no assurances of permission for further visits . Iran 's ways are often inscrutable . There are apparently three separate security apparatuses , and Jason seems now to have been handed off to a legal branch ( the judiciary ) that appears to be taking its time scheduling his trial . Iran 's Constitution spells out that once a prisoner 's file is completed , the prisoner is to be moved to a public ward , where he can interact with others and have access to a telephone . Furthermore , once assigned to a court , a trial date must be set within 60 days . As his file was sent in early January , the case should be heard in early March . And yet there are rumblings that Jason 's case will not be heard until after Nowruz , the Persian New Year , which is on the first day of spring , March 21 . Anyone with knowledge of Iran knows that nothing happens during the two weeks following Nowruz , a period when even newspapers do n't publish , so it can only be assumed his trial date might not be set before April 6 . All this is taking a huge toll on Jason . It weighs heavily on him knowing how much his wife , his brother , their families and our relatives in the United States and Iran are worrying about him . And it deeply pains him to know that this situation has come about because of suspicions -- no matter how baseless -- about his contacts and associations . All this frustration is compounded by the knowledge that the length of his detention far exceeds that of other American journalists in Iran . This week , Iran is celebrating the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution . It is traditionally a time when pardons are granted and prisoners are released on bail to visit with their families . Jason is fully aware of this . Whatever the unknown charges against him may be , surely Jason is at the least entitled to regular visits from his wife and phone calls with his mother ? Our family has been exceedingly patient during these seven months . We have been respectful of Iran , of its laws and its procedures . But our patience ran out some time ago , and it is difficult , nearly impossible , to maintain respect for a system under which someone who was born and raised American is being detained `` as an Iranian '' even as his rights under Iran 's own laws are being so flagrantly violated . I am calling on Iranian Human Rights Minister Mohammad Javad Larijani , Javad Zarif , President Hassan Rouhani and the Supreme Leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , to ensure that Jason 's rights are observed . Please review the evidence and release my son or ensure that he receives a fair trial immediately . It is long past time .
The Washington Post 's Jason Rezaian has been detained in Iran since July . He was arrested on suspicion of spying and sentenced to eight years hard labor, but the sentence is not yet final because he remains a prisoner at Tehran's Evin Prison.