Yeganeh Salehi, Jason Rezaian’s wife, was originally in jail with her husband in Iran, but she was later let go. Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, was convicted by Iran after being held for more than a year on espionage and other charges. Salehi is an Iran correspondent reporting for The National. Yeganeh Salehi, 30, a reporter for the UAE-based newspaper The National was arrested with her husband, the Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, and their two guests at the time, an Iranian-American photojournalist and her husband, on July 22, 2014 at their home.