jason stern is with the committee to protect journalists in new york. i asked him about rezaian's trial and the judge in the case. >> the judge has a reputation before him. he has presided over numerous political cases before involving dissidents and involving journalists in the past. now of course the iranian government promises that there will be due process in this trial and hopefully they'll live up to that promise. >> how does this case compare to other cases cpj has tried to support where they've tried to support journalists in iran? >> some things in this case are very exceptional most notably nowhere else has iran held a person for so long over 300 days. 30 journalists are in jail, vast majority are held on espionage charges or propaganda against the state little or no due process in their trials, so in this case the jason rezaian trial is a run of the minimum trial for iran. >> he's facing espionage charges but there's no proof. >> no there's no proof. i don't expect to see proof. again the iranian government promises due process. let's look at