NewzIranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh has been detained in Iran for two years following his arrest during a family visit. Valizadeh was previously a journalist for a decade with Radio Farda, an independent yet U.S.-funded Farsi-language news service.
Following his arrest, Valizadeh was sentenced to ten years in prison. The case marks an ongoing detention of a wrongfully detained journalist holding dual nationality in Iran.
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