Roxana Saberi

US-born reporter Roxana Saberi , who has been freed from an Iranian jail, said on Tuesday she has no immediate plans for the future and for now merely wants to "relax" with her family. "At the moment I have no plan, I want to be with my family and relax," Saberi said in her first interaction with reporters after she walked free on Monday. Saberi was released from prison after an Iranian court reduced her initial eight-year prison term, delivered on charges of spying for the United States, to...Read Full Story

Saberi 'delighted' for released hikers STORY HIGHLIGHTS Iranian-American Roxana Saberi was detained in January 2009 The freelance journalist was accused of being a spy Saberi was held at the same notorious prison as the American hikers The last two hikers were freed Wednesday; Saberi offers advice to them (CNN) -- A trip to Iran to learn more about her family's ancestry became a nightmare for American journalist Roxana Saberi. In January 2009, several men showed up...Read Full Story

Saberi 'delighted' for released hikers STORY HIGHLIGHTS Iranian-American Roxana Saberi was detained in January 2009 The freelance journalist was accused of being a spy Saberi was held at the same notorious prison as the American hikers The last two hikers were freed Wednesday; Saberi offers advice to them (CNN) -- A trip to Iran to learn more about her family's ancestry became a nightmare for American journalist Roxana Saberi. In January 2009, several men showed up...Read Full Story

Browse > Home / Article-byline , BREAKING NEWS , COURT NEWS , Featured , JOURNALISM- News , Politics , TERRORISM / American-Iranian Journalist Roxana Saberi Leaves Iran 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 Saberi...Read Full Story

Apparently good looks get you everything. And by everything, we mean a conversation with Iranian-Japanese American journalist Roxana Saberi : Erin and I took a summer hiatus, but visualizAsian.com is back, and proud to kick off a new season of interviews with a conversation with Iranian-Japanese American journalist Roxana Saberi, whose recent book, “Between Two Worlds,” chronicles the harrowing experience of being imprisoned, charged with espionage and sentenced to eight years in a notorious...Read Full Story

Author : Roxana Saberi Total Page : 336 Publisher : Harper Publication Date : 2010 04 01 Between Two Worlds My Life and Captivity in Iran >> Must read Roxana Saberi s book Between Two Worlds chronicals her time spent as a journalist in Evin Prison in Iran Young Saberi has been followed for years and finally before she decides to leave the country the authorities arrest her on trumped up charges of being a spy She had been living in Iran for six years as a journalist and was writing a book...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

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 three...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