# Talking Tehran: In conversation with the Rezaians #### calendar\_today Date and Time **March 31, 2017** 01:15PM - 03:15PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Sever Hall, Room 113, Harvard Yard (between Widener & Memorial Church), Cambridge, MA** **[The Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy](http://hksjmepp.com)** (JMEPP) and the **Center for Middle Eastern Studies** present **Jason Rezaian**, American journalist, and ![Yeganeh and Jason Rezaian](/sites/g/files/omnuum9116/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/cmes/files/yeganeh_jason_rezaian.jpg?itok=MxHlfVIa) **Yeganeh Rezaian**, Iranian journalistJason Rezaian, ex-Tehran bureau chief for the *Washington Post*, and Iranian journalist Yeganeh Rezaian, will discuss Iran today, including the upcoming Iranian Presidential elections, the aftermath of the Nuclear Deal, and women's rights in Iran. One of the few journalists based in Tehran in recent years, Jason and his wife have unparalleled contemporary experience reporting on Iran. In July 2014 both were detained in their home and Jason went on to spend 546 days unjustly imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison before being released in January 2016. **As there will not be a Q&A at the event**, before the event **please send any questions for the speakers** to: **** **Sponsors:** Journal of Middle Eastern Politics and Policy, Center for Middle Eastern Studies **Contact:** [Liz Flanagan](mailto:elizabethflanagan@fas.harvard.edu) See also:- [ Ad Hoc or Co-Sponsored ](/eventseries/ad-hoc-or-co-sponsored) - [ Iran ](/research-region/iran) - [ 2016-17 ](/academic-year/2016-17) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/node/986846/event-feed.ics) Copy link link