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Politics● ElevatedSep 23 · Sep 23, 2026, 1:52 PM

Bipartisan senators raised US journalist jailed in Iran ahead of Trump team meeting with Iranian delegation at UN

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · Middle East

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging action to secure the release of an American journalist unjustly imprisoned in Iran. The letter was sent one day before U.S. officials indirectly talked with Iranian officials in New York.  Reza Valizadeh, 49, is a dual Iranian-American citizen and former…

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