Details of the evidence against Ms Saberi have not been made public
Posted on 05/11/2009 12:53:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The US-Iranian journalist jailed in Iran, Roxana Saberi, has been freed from prison after having her sentence for spying reduced. Lawyers for Ms Saberi, 31, whose imprisoning sparked a global outcry, said she left Tehran's Evin jail hours after her eight-year term was cut. She will be able to leave the country but has been banned from working as a journalist in Iran for five years. The White House welcomed the release as a "humanitarian gesture". Ms Saberi was convicted of spying for the US in April but denied the charge.
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Details of the evidence against Ms Saberi have not been made public
I hope that brave woman gets out of that country before the freaky Mullahs change their minds!
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