Imprisoned U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi Released
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi smiles outside her home after being released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran on May 12, 2009. An appeals court overturned an eight-year sentence for spying, releasing her on May 11th, perhaps signaling a thaw in American-Iranian relations. Saberi expects to leave Iran within a week. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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VIENNA, May 15 (UPI) -- U.S. free-lance journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Vienna Friday, following her release from a Tehran prison where she was held for spying.
TEHRAN, May 11 (UPI) -- U.S. free-lance journalist Roxana Saberi was released from a Tehran prison Monday, her attorney said.
TEHRAN, May 10 (UPI) -- The appeals process began Sunday for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran on charges of being a spy, her father told CNN.
TEHRAN, May 9 (UPI) -- Roxana Saberi's lawyer says he's optimistic the jailed U.S.-Iranian reporter will be acquitted after an appeal to be heard Sunday in Tehran.
TEHRAN, May 6 (UPI) -- An Iranian appeals court will review the espionage conviction of imprisoned U.S. free-lance journalist Roxana Saberi next week, a judiciary spokesman said.
TEHRAN, May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi, on a hunger strike in an Iran prison to protest her spying conviction, was hospitalized to get nourishment, her father said.
PARIS, April 28 (UPI) -- Reporters Without Borders members began a hunger strike in Paris Tuesday for the Iranian-American journalist sentenced to prison in Iran on spying charges.
CHICAGO, April 26 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he will try to get to Iran in the near future to secure the release of a jailed U.S. journalist.
TEHRAN, April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. reporter Roxana Saberi has vowed not to eat until she is freed from an Iranian prison in Tehran, her father said Saturday.
TEHRAN, April 24 (UPI) -- The head of Tehran's judiciary says a three-judge panel will issue a "strong and fair" ruling in the case of jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi.
