Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian who has been jailed in Iran after being charged with espionage was allowed to see his family during a Christmas Day visit, the newspaper said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � The journalists� mother visited him along with Yegi, Jason�s wife, who is an Iranian citizen.
"This is the first time in the year that I have been visiting him in Evin Prison that I could spend an extended time there and bring him his first home cooked meal in months," Jason�s mother, Mary, wrote in a Friday e-mail to Washington Post.

Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron said in�a statement quoted by�the newspaper on�Friday that the visit is "a rare exception in�the 522 days of�tragic, unjust imprisonment of�a good, honorable, and innocent man" and called on�Iran to�release Jason Rezaian.

Rezaian, who has dual US-Iran citizenship, was detained in�July 2014 in�Iran�s capital, Tehran. He was convicted of�espionage in�closed proceedings earlier this year and is being held in�Evin Prison in�northwestern Tehran. The length of�his prison term has not been disclosed.
By Sputnik