JASON REZAIAN

The dissident writer, who called Putin’s government “a regime of murderers,” faces prison under a Russian law that attempts to control speech.

'Gando,' a 'Homeland'-like hit TV series in Iran, is a sophisticated ploy by ultra-conservatives to torpedo delicate nuclear talks with the West.

A controversial Iranian TV spy thriller is once again generating buzz in the Islamic Republic.

Newly filed court documents show that the FBI opened an investigation into Hekmati, on suspicions that he went to Iran to sell classified information to the regime. His lawyers say the government's suspicions, detailed in FBI documents and letters from the fund's special master denying payments, are groundless and based on hearsay. AdBut the FBI concluded that he went there intent on selling Iran classified information, according to an unsigned five-page summary of its investigation. Hekmati, the son of Iranian immigrants, says he researched Iran openly to cultivate an expertise on Iranian influence in Afghanistan. After Hekmati's lawyers warned they'd have to sue, the Justice Department cryptically indicated it was seeking a reconsideration of the award.

FILE -- In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, Richard Ratcliffe husband of imprisoned British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, poses during an Amnesty International led vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in London. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, Iran's state TV, citing unnamed official, said Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces a new charge but did not elaborate. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been released from prison due to the coronavirus pandemic after serving nearly all of her five-year sentence. She was arrested during a holiday with her toddler daughter in April 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

FILE -- In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, Richard Ratcliffe husband of imprisoned British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, poses during an Amnesty International led vigil outside the Iranian Embassy in London. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, Iran's state TV, citing unnamed official, said Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces a new charge but did not elaborate. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)TEHRAN A British Iranian dual national held in Tehran in an internationally criticized espionage case faces a new charge, Iranian state television announced Tuesday, raising fears she could be forced to return to prison following her temporary release. A U.N. panel has described an emerging pattern involving the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of dual nationals in Iran, which Tehran denies. The Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO, Antonio Zappulla, condemned the new charge, saying it would prolong Zaghari-Ratcliffes inhumane and unjust ordeal."

In this Sept. 25, 2019, file photo, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian participates in a panel discussion on media freedom at United Nations headquarters. Seth Wenig / APTehran Iran on Monday rejected a U.S. court order for a Washington Post reporter to be paid $180 million in damages for Tehran jailing him on espionage charges. Jason Rezaian spent 544 days in an Iranian prison before he was released in January 2016 in exchange for seven Iranians held in the United States. On Friday, a U.S. district court judge ordered damages be paid to Rezaian and his family in compensation for pain and suffering as well as economic losses. Jason Rezaian thanks Major Garrett for focusing on Iran"Mr Jason Rezaian... was a security convict and the Islamic Republic of Iran commuted his (sentence of maximum punishment) to imprisonment," said spokesman Abbas Mousavi.

Among the five Americans released in the U.S.-Iran prisoner swap, reporter Jason Rezaian, former Marine Amir Hekmati and Pastor Saeed Abedini are being treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. It's not only a place where they are getting assessed medically, but it's also where they can ease back into the rhythms and relationships of normal life. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

Ali Rezaian, brother of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian who was one of the five Americans released Sunday in a prisoner swap with Iran, joins "CBS This Morning" from Landstuhl, Germany, to discuss how his brother is doing.

The Americans were traded for seven Iranians serving prison time in the U.S. Reporter Jason Rezaian, Pastor Saeed Abedini and former Marine Amir Hekmati were flown out of Iran Sunday. A fourth American, student Matthew Trevithick, left Iran separately. We know very little about the fifth prisoner. Elizabeth Palmer reports from outside the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

Four Americans, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, were released in a landmark prisoner swap with Iran Saturday. A fifth American was released separately. As Charlie D'Agata reports, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog also confirmed Iran has met its obligations of the nuclear deal it reached with six world powers.

Four Americans, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, were released in a landmark prisoner swap with Iran Saturday; after five months of waiting, panda lovers finally got to see Bei Bei the baby panda up close and in person Saturday

After being detained in Iran for more than a year, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has been convicted of espionage. CBS News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Margaret Brennan has details for CBSN.

There's a new sign that Iran might consider freeing American journalist Jason Rezaian. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Vladimir Duthiers have the details.

Amid nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, reporter Jason Rezaian stands trial in Tehran. He faces espionage charges. CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joins CBSN with more on how his mother is speaking out while Rezaian testifies inside a courtroom.

A second hearing took place in Tehran in the espionage case against the Washington Post's Jason Rezaian. Elizabeth Palmer reports on the latest developments.

Ali Rezaian, brother of Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter charged with espionage by Iran, says he has deteriorated mentally and physically during his nine-month detainment

Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian is accused of spying and spreading propaganda in Iran, charges that carry a maximum penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison. The Washington Post called the charges "ludicrous." Nancy Cordes reports.