US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi talks with media on May 12, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Saberi had been freed from prison on Monday after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana , a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison. An appeals court reduced her jail term on Monday to a two-year suspended sentence. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) more pics » US-born reporter Roxana... Read Full Story
Roxana Saberi was freed on Monday May 11, nearly Four months after she was arrested on charges of spying for the U.S in Iran. The 32 year old Roxana Saberi is a dual Iranian-American citizen and will be soon back at home in Fargo, North Dakota in United States.
As Huffington Post Reported:-
Saberi’s arrest in late January, followed by a secretive, one-day trial and a heavy prison sentence, prompted sharp U.S. criticism. Soon after, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other... Read Full Story
Roxana Saberi, pictured before her imprisonment, has been held in Tehran's Evin jail since her arrest in January The American journalist on hunger strike for two weeks in protest over her imprisonment in Iran has been taken to hospital after she intensified her fast by refusing to drink water. Reporters Without Borders said today that Roxana Saberi was taken to a clinic at Tehran's Evin prison, where she has been held since her arrest in January. She was released from the clinic within a day... Read Full Story
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May 15, 2009
Sentence Reduced But Saberi Not Acquitted Of Espionage Charges
Reporter was arrested while buying a bottle of wine, which is illegal in Iran
Tehran, Iran ( RPRN ) 5/15/2009- -The American journalist recently freed from an Iranian prison has left Iran.Associates of Roxana... Read Full Story
By Golnaz Esfandiari The release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi from Tehran's infamous Evin prison has been welcomed by rights groups and Western governments, including U.S. President Barack Obama, who called it a "humanitarian gesture." Yet many questions remain about how Saberi's initial detention on a relatively minor charge evolved into a conviction for espionage and an eight-year prison sentence. While analysts might not agree on the reasons behind Iran's decision to free... Read Full Story
Name: Roxana Saberi Age: 32 Occupation: Freelance journalist Known for: her imprisonment in the Evin jail of northern Tehran since February of this year, after being arrested for buying wine (which is illegal in Iran). Eyes across the globe widened as the American journalist's charges grew quickly--to working without a press card and then spying for Washington--and last month, she was sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage . But today, Saberi was released . From today's NYT : An... Read Full Story
An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the second time in two years, his family said Friday. Security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday, a family member told The Associated Press. The relative was in contact with Tajbakhsh's wife, who witnessed the arrest in Tehran. There was no independent confirmation from Iranian authorities. The relative spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of... Read Full Story
TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi walked free on Monday after an Iranian appeal court cut her eight-year jail sentence for spying to a suspended two-year term. Her release resolved a case that had added to strains on U.S.-Iranian relations, at a time when U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to reach out to Tehran after three decades of mutual mistrust. Obama welcomed as a "humanitarian gesture" Iran's move to free the 32-year-old freelance reporter after more than... Read Full Story
The United States is studying its options after Iran freed journalist Roxana Saberi, trying not to reward what it sees as an arbitrary arrest while leaving the door open for dialogue, analysts say. The 32-year-old US-American journalist was freed Monday in Tehran after her original eight-year jail term for spying for the United States was reduced to a suspended two-year term by an appeal court. Publicly, Washington called the verdict a "humanitarian" gesture from Iran, refusing to see it as... Read Full Story
Cannes is not all galas and glamor. For some filmmakers, the journey to the red carpet on the Riviera is fraught with personal risk. China's Lou Ye and Iran's Bahman Ghobadi are both at the festival with movies made undercover after they were barred from working by the authorities. Both directors tackle subjects that make officials at home uneasy — gay relationships in Lou's "Spring Fever," and Tehran's underground music scene in Ghobadi's "No One Knows About Persian Cats." Ghobadi has come... Read Full Story
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