Jason Rezaian writes for The Washington Post’s “Global Opinions” section. Previously he was the Post’s Tehran bureau chief from 2012 to 2016. In July 2014, he was arrested by Iranian authorities and imprisoned for 544 days until his release in January 2016. Before joining The Washington Post he wrote for many U.S.-based and international publications including Time Magazine, Foreign Policy, The San Francisco Chronicle, Slate, GlobalPost, and Monocle.