Jason Rezaian, a Bay Area native, who was the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Tehran when the Iranian regime took him as a hostage. The Islamic Republic held Jason in its notorious Evin Prison for 544 days where his captors subjected him to physical and psychological torture. Iran claimed Jason was a spy.
In the six years since he returned to the United States, Mr. Rezaian has turned his suffering into advocacy. With Dr. Jon Alterman, he co-leads the CSIS Commission on Hostage-Taking and Wrongful Detention, a bipartisan initiative in Washington, DC, that seeks innovative solutions to the crisis. Through CSIS and in his role as a Washington Post Global Opinions columnist, Mr. Rezaian works to confront the challenge of state-sponsored terrorism.
Mr. Rezaian and Stanford Law School’s Allen Weiner will take part in a discussion regarding Mr. Rezaian’s experience as a hostage, his assessment of the hostage-taking crisis, and possible policy options to counter it.
Moderator: Allen Weiner, Stanford Law School
Jason Rezaian
Allen Weiner