Monday, May 11, 2009

Iran: Roxana Saberi released from prison: Judiciary spokesman

Mehr News

TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – The Judiciary spokesman confirmed on Monday that Iranian-U.S. national Roxana Saberi has been released from jail.
“The appeals court overturned the verdict on Roxana Saberi,” Alireza Jamshidi told the Mehr News Agency.

Saberi, 32, was sentenced to an eight-year prison term last month on espionage charges.

The appeals court reduced her jail term on Monday to a two-year suspended sentence.

PA/PA

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