Jens Koch (born in 1981[1]) is a German photographer who worked for the weekly BILD am Sonntag.
In October 2010 he was arrested in Iran, together with his work partner Marcus Hellwig while interviewing the son of Sakineh Ashtiani.
The next day, while they were in Tabriz interviewing Sadjad Qaderzadeh (Ashtiani's son) Iranian authorities arrested the two reporters.
[3] Throughout their detention, Jens Koch and Hellwig were accused of several crimes from espionage to having links to groups of Iranian exiles and officials also said the two admitted breaking the laws that forbid those entering the country from working as journalists.
[4] Jens Koch and Hellwig were sentenced to 20 months prison for "committing acts against Iran's National Security".