Jason and his wife, Yeganeh, who has been out on bail, deserve to be exonerated and to be given back their freedom and lives,” Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, said in a statement on August 10, 2015. Jason Rezaian, 38, holds dual Iranian and US citizenship, and has been the Washington Post correspondent in Tehran since 2012.
Jason i la seva dona Yeganeh, que ha estat en llibertat sota fiança, mereixen ser exonerats i que els retornin a la seva llibertat i les seves vides», va dir Martin Baron, editor executiu del Washington Post en una declaració el 10 d'agost.