Anthony bourdain interview with jason rezaian biography

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, Foreign Policy, the San Francisco Chronicle, Slate, GlobalPost, and Monocle. Rezaian’s memoir, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison, was published in January 2019 by Anthony Bourdain Books, an imprint of Ecco Books. In collaboration with Crooked Media, Gimlet Media, and A24, he adapted it as a nine-episode narrative audio series, which is available as a Spotify original podcast. Since 2018 Rezaian has been a CNN Global Affairs contributor. Among his other television credits are appearances on Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Face the Nation, CBS Morning News, Amanpour,

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Jason Rezaian

Iranian-American journalist

Jason Rezaian (Persian: جیسون رضائیان; born on March 16, 1976) is an Iranian-American journalist who served as Tehranbureau chief for The Washington Post. He was convicted of espionage in a closed-door trial in Iran in 2015.

On July 22, 2014, Iranian authorities arrested Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and took the couple into custody, accusing them of espionage. While Salehi – also a journalist – was released on October 6, Rezaian remained in custody at Evin Prison, a detention center in Tehran known for housing political prisoners and intellectuals.^[1] After nine months, it was made public on April 20, 2015, that Iranian authorities had indicted him on four charges, including espionage and "propaganda against the establishment".^[2] His trial began on May 26, 2015.^[3] His conviction was announced on October 11, 2015. On November 22, 2015, Iranian officials said he had been sentence

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‘Tony’s wanderlust had more to do with people than with food’

I almost didn’t meet Anthony Bourdain.

My husband, Jason Rezaian, and inom had just returned from a trip for my 30th birthday, and during those few days away I had hurt my foot and was having a hard time walking.

We were supposed to meet Bourdain in Darband, a popular hilltop area in Tehran that has a handful of restaurants with spectacular views of the capital. Getting there requires a short klättra, by foot, on a muddy trail.

Jason convinced me that while my injury would heal, I might never get another chance to have lunch with Anthony Bourdain in my hometown. inom trusted him, reluctantly, knowing he was right but doubtful about how much time this superstar would actually spend with us.

I thought to myself, This fryst vatten a show about food. The people who appear in it are just there to talk about food.

How wrong I was!

We drove to the foot of Darband, walk