Biographical details about American reporter convicted by Iran of spying

May 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was held for more than three months in a Tehran prison after being convicted of spying, has left the Iranian capital after her release early this week, her employer said. Saberi departed Thursday with her parents for Austria and they plan to soon return to the US, US National Public Radio reported, citing a friend travelling with the family.

May 11th, 2009 US reporter leaves jail in Iran, lawyer saysTEHRAN, 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.

May 8th, 2009 Iran hangs 9 people for murder, drug traffickingTEHRAN, Iran — Nine people, including a 30-year-old woman, have been hanged in Iran, state media reported Thursday. The state-run daily newspaper IRAN said four of the nine including the woman were convicted of murder in separate cases and were hanged Wednesday.

May 8th, 2009 Iran hangs 3 men, 1 woman convicted of murderTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-owned newspaper says four people including a 30-year-old woman convicted of murder have been hanged. The report in Thursday's edition of the daily newspaper IRAN only identified the four by their first names.

May 3rd, 2009 Iran: US journalist's case will get fair reviewTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's foreign minister assured his visiting Japanese counterpart that the case of an American journalist imprisoned in Tehran for allegedly spying for the United States will get a fair review on appeal. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said 32-year-old Roxana Saberi's appeal will be "reviewed justly and humanely." He spoke at a joint news conference Saturday with Japan's Hirofumi Nakasone, who expressed concern over the case during his visit to Iran.

April 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran Tuesday rejected reports that the Iranian-American journalist who was convicted of spying for the US was on a hunger strike in prison, IRNA reported. 'She is not on hunger strike and her health condition is good,' judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said, refuting reports on Roxana Saberi's hunger strike.

April 25th, 2009 US journalist jailed in Iran on hunger strikeTEHRAN, Iran — The father of an American journalist who has been convicted of spying in Iran says she has gone on a hunger strike to protest her imprisonment. Reza Saberi has told the Associated Press that "she went on a hunger strike Tuesday to protest her imprisonment.

April 22nd, 2009 Fiance of US reporter jailed in Iran defends herCAIRO — 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. The letter by Bahman Ghobadi, circulated by an Iranian human rights group, described 31-year-old Roxana Saberi as an intelligent, hardworking reporter who spent virtually all her time doing research.

April 22nd, 2009 Letter defends US reporter jailed in IranCAIRO — 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. The letter by Bahman Ghobadi, circulated by an Iranian human rights group, described 31-year-old Roxana Saberi as an intelligent, hardworking reporter who spent virtually all her time doing research.

April 22nd, 2009 Fiancee of US reporter jailed in Iran defends herCAIRO — 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. The letter by Bahman Ghobadi, circulated by an Iranian human rights group, described 31-year-old Roxana Saberi as an intelligent, hardworking reporter who spent virtually all her time doing research.

April 20th, 2009 Rev. Jackson seeks Iran trip to free US journalistCYBERJAYA, Malaysia — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he would like to travel to Iran to personally appeal for the release of a U.S.

April 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON/TEHRAN - The US expressed deep concern Saturday over an eight-year prison sentence imposed by the Iranian judiciary on Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi for spying. 'I am deeply disappointed,' Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.

April 18th, 2009 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. The court has not yet issued any official statement and no further details were available.

April 18th, 2009 TEHRAN - An American-Iranian journalist has been jailed for eight years in Tehran after being accused of spying for the United States. er lawyer and family revealed that 31-year-old Roxana Saberi had been convicted and sentenced.

April 14th, 2009 TEHRAN - An Iranian-American journalist accused of spying in Iran stood the first session of her trial this week, a judiciary spokesman told a news conference here Tuesday. The first trial of Roxana Saberi was carried out behind closed doors here Monday, Ali Jamshidi was quoted by ISNA news agency as saying.