UASHINGTON, DC - O le National Press Club na faʻamalosia le malo o Iran i le Aso Lulu e faia le mea sili e faʻasaʻoloto ai se tusitala o le Washington Post o loʻo i le falepuipui mo le 140 aso ma faitau.

O Jason Rezaian ua falepuipui e aunoa ma se faalauiloaina faalauaitele o lona moliaga, o le lipoti lea a le Post. E le fa'atagaina o ia e va'ai i se loia, e le'i fa'atagaina fo'i e tatala i tua. E na o lona toalua lava e asiasi atu ia te ia.

“O Mr. Rezaian sa i Iran e fai lana galuega ae leai se isi mea, ”o le tala lea a le Peresetene o le National Press Club Myron Belkind. "E tatau ona tatala o ia mai le falepuipui i se taimi vave e mafai ai, faatasi ai ma isi tusitala e leai se mea na faia e faʻamaonia ai le falepuipui."

Rezaian, o loʻo umia le lua US-Iranian sitiseni, sa galue mo le Post i Iran talu mai le 2012. Na alu o ia i Iran e lipoti atu se vaega ina ia faʻalauteleina le malamalama i le va o le Iunaite Setete ma Iran.
O le National Press Club, na faavaeina i le 1908 ma o loʻo tu i Uosigitone, DC, o le faʻalapotopotoga faʻapolofesa taʻutaʻua i le lalolagi mo tusitala. E ala i lana Komiti o Saolotoga o Tusitala, o le National Press Club e faʻalauiloaina le manino ma le puipuiga o faʻasalalauga i le lalolagi atoa.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The National Press Club pressed the government of Iran on Wednesday to do its utmost to free a Washington Post reporter who has been in jail for 140 days and counting.
He went to Iran to report partly in order to promote better understanding between the United States and Iran.
The National Press Club, founded in 1908 and located in Washington, D.