Saberi copied Iranian report on Iraq war: Report

WASHINGTON - Roxana Saberi, the American-Iranian journalist who was released Monday after spending more than three months in prison, was convicted of spying for the US because she had a copy of confidential Iranian report on the Iraq war, a media report said Wednesday.

White House: Obama welcomes Iran’s release of US journalist, believes she was wrongly accused

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is praising the release of American journalist Roxana Saberi from a jail in Iran.

Friends, neighbors of North Dakota journalist imprisoned in Iran elated by news of her release

FARGO, N.D. — The first joyous day of summer vacation for one of Roxana Saberi’s college journalism instructors started earlier than expected with news that Saberi would be freed from an Iranian prison.

Jailed Iranian-American journalist released in Iran

TEHRAN - After more than three months in jail for allegedly spying for the US, Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was released Monday from Tehran’s Evin prison.

US journalist freed by Iran after 5 months in jail, reunites with parents

TEHRAN, Iran — An American journalist jailed for five months in Iran was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court suspended her eight-year prison sentence on charges of spying for the U.S.

US journalist leaves jail in Iran after court suspends her prison sentence, lawyer says

TEHRAN, Iran — A lawyer for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran says she has been freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence.

Lawyer: US journalist leaves jail in Iran after court suspends her prison sentence

TEHRAN, Iran — A lawyer for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran says she has been freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence.

Jailed Iranian-American reporter to be released

TEHRAN - Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is to be released, Iranian news agency ISNA reported Monday quoting her lawyer.

Biographical details about American reporter convicted by Iran of spying

NAME — Roxana Saberi

Reporters Without Borders says US journalist on hunger strike in Iran was briefly hospitalized

CAIRO — The American journalist on a hunger strike for two weeks to protest her imprisonment in Iran was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her fast by refusing to drink water, Reporters Without Borders said Monday.

Japan urges Iran to show more transparency in Saberi case

TEHRAN - Japan called on Iran to have more transparency in the case of jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, whose mother is Japanese, informed sources in Tehran said Sunday.

Iran denies jailed American journalist on hunger strike, claims she is in good condition

TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian judiciary official denied that an American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. is on a hunger strike and said Tuesday that she is in “good condition.”

Father: US journalist jailed in Iran ‘very weak’ after hunger strike to protest spying charges

TEHRAN, Iran — An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. is vowing to remain on a hunger strike until she is freed even though she is “very weak,” her father said Monday.

Fiance of American journalist jailed in Iran defends her as innocent, begs for her release

CAIRO — An Iranian filmmaker, who said he is engaged to the American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S., defended his fiancee as innocent in an open letter and begged Iranian authorities to release her.

Iran sends mixed signals to US: jailing American reporter and saying it wants warmer ties

TEHRAN, Iran — The Obama administration is reaching out to Iran. In return, Iran is — well, it’s complicated. The Islamic republic sentenced an American journalist to eight years in prison and launched a fervent new campaign to brand U.S. ally Israel as racist. And in the middle of all that, it said it was ready for a new beginning in relations with the U.S. after three decades of diplomatic stalemate.

Iran’s chief justice urges judiciary to consider Saberi’s appeal

TEHRAN - Iran’s chief justice Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Monday urged the judiciary to consider immediately an appeal filed by the Iranian-American journalist who has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court here on charges of espionage.

Iran’s chief justice urges judiciary to consider Saberi’s appeal

TEHRAN - Iran’s chief justice Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Monday urged the judiciary to consider immediately an appeal filed by the Iranian-American journalist who has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court here on charges of espionage.

US calls on Iran to release American journalist

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the immediate release of an American journalist sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on ‘baseless’ espionage charges.

US calls on Iran to release American journalist

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the immediate release of an American journalist sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on ‘baseless’ espionage charges.

US calls on Iran to release American journalist

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the immediate release of an American journalist sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on ‘baseless’ espionage charges.

Obama defends boycott of racism conference

Port-of-SPAIN - US President Barack Obama defended Washington’s decision to stay away from the UN conference on racism, accusing the organisers Sunday of hypocrisy in setting the agenda.

Ahmadinejad urges legal rights for Iranian-American journalist

TEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday called for ‘fairness’ for the Iranian-American journalist who has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a court here on charges of espionage.

Obama concerned over journalist’s sentencing by Iran

PORT OF SPAIN - US President Barack Obama is ‘deeply disappointed’ by Iran’s sentencing of an American-Iranian journalist, the White House said.

Obama “disappointed” by Iran sentencing US journo

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is “deeply disappointed” by Iran’s sentencing of a US journalist, the White House has said.
An Iranian court has held Iranian-American freelancer Roxana Saberi guilty of spying, and awarded her an eight-year jail term.

Iran sentences US journalist to eight years in prison

TEHRAN - The Iranian judiciary issued an eight-year prison term for an Iranian-American journalist on charges of spying for the US, her lawyer told reporters here Saturday.

US seeking release of journalist held in Iran

WASHINGTON - A month after Iranian officials said they would soon free an Iranian-American radio reporter Roxana Saberi, Washington was still trying to obtain her release, a US official said Monday.

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