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The freed U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana
Saberi smiles as she arrives at the airport in Vienna, Austria from Tehran
on May 15, 2009. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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TEHRAN, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The freed U.S.-Iranian
reporter Roxana Saberi arrived in Vienna Friday and said she would reveal what
happened to her when she was prepared, Iran's English-language satellite channel
Press TV reported.
Accompanied by her parents, Saberi left Iran early
Friday morning aboard a flight from Tehran at Imam Khomeini International
Airport.
After she arrived in Vienna, Austria, later on
Friday, Saberi told reporters that she planned to stay in the city for several
days, according to reports reaching here.
"I know you have many questions but I need some more
time to think about what happened to me over the past couple of days," Saberi
said. "I came to Vienna because I heard it was a calm and relaxing place."
Saberi thanked all those who had supported her,
including Austria's ambassador to Iran and his family, "who were very helpful to
me and my family during this period," she said.
Saberi said she would reveal what really happened to
her in the incident until she is prepared for this.
"There have been varied statements made about my case
over the past few days and I think that somebody is supposed to speak about my
case from now on...(but) nobody knows about it as well as I do," Saberi said.
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The freed U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana
Saberi waits to get her boarding pass at the Imam Khomeini international
airport in southern Tehran May 15, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters
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"I
will talk about it more in the future, I hope, but I am not prepared at this
time," she added.
Saberi, a 32-year-old freelance journalist born in
the United States and whose father is an Iranian, was arrested in Iran in the
second half of January 2009 on charges of espionage for the United States.
In April, Saberi received eight years of sentence,
but after a hearing in the appeal court on Sunday, her sentence was reduced to a
two-year suspended term.
She was freed from the jail in Tehran on Monday
afternoon.
In Iran, Saberi had been working for various news
organizations including the BBC and U.S. National Public Radio (NPR).
According to Iranian authorities, Saberi had been
denied press credentials since 2006, but she defied the ban and continued
journalistic activities.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein
Mohseni-Eje'i told reporters Wednesday that despite being released, Saberi was
proven to be involved in acts of espionage, Press TV reported.
When asked about the reasons behind Saberi's release
despite the confirmation of espionage, Eje'i explained that Saberi was in fact
convicted and handed a jail sentence but the sentence had been suspended for
five years at the discretion of the judge.¡¡
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United States reporter Roxana Saberi
meets the press outside her home in Tehran, Iran, May 12, 2009. Saberi was
released from prison on May 11 after an Iranian court reduced her initial
eight-year prison term, delivered on charges of spying for the United
States, to a two-year suspended sentence. (Xinhua/Ahmad
Halabisaz)
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Lawyer: Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter
convicted for espionage
TEHRAN, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The lawyer of freed U.S-Iranian reporter Roxana
Saberi said that she was convicted for espionage, since she was guilty according
to Iranian law, local media reported on Wednesday.
"Saberi had been convicted because she had copied and kept
a confidential Iranian government document about the U.S. war on Iraq," the
local satellite Press TV quoted Saleh Nikbakht as saying. Full story
U.S.-Iranian reporter has no plan to
move out of Iran
TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Roxana Saberi, the freed
U.S.-Iranian reporter, said on Tuesday that she has no plan to move out of Iran
currently.
Talking to the reporters in front of her apartment in
Tehran, on Dibadji street, Saberi said she is "happy" to be freed (from jail)
and reunite with her parents, and she "has no plan to move out of Iran for the
time being." Full story
Freed U.S.-Iranian reporter to face
"journalism ban"
TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The freed U.S.-Iranian reporter
Roxana Saberi will face "journalism ban," but no "travel ban," local satellite
Press TV reported Tuesday.
"She (Saberi) has no travel ban, but a journalism ban is
part of her second verdict," Iran's judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said on
Monday. Full story
Lawyer: U.S.-Iranian reporter freed
from prison
TEHRAN, May 11
(Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi has left the jail in Iran,
her lawyer said Monday.
"She has left the jail and she is on the way to their home
(in Tehran)," Saberi's lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshahi told the reporters. Full story
U.S.-Iranian reporter has no plan to
move out of Iran
TEHRAN, May
12 (Xinhua) -- Roxana Saberi, the freed U.S.-Iranian reporter, said on Tuesday
that she has no plan to move out of Iran currently.
Talking to the reporters in front of her apartment in
Tehran, on Dibadji street, Saberi said she is "happy" to be freed (from jail)
and reunite with her parents, and she "has no plan to move out of Iran for the
time being." Full story
Her father: U.S.-Iranian reporter in
"good condition"
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Reza Saberi, father of the U.S.-Iranian
reporter Roxana Saberi, makes a phone call near the Evin prison, in
Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2009. Roxana Saberi has left the jail in Iran, one
of her lawyer said Monday. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)
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TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- The father of detained
U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi told reporters on Monday that Saberi is in
"good condition."
While talking to the reporters in front of his apartment
in Tehran, Reza Saberi said that her daughter is now out of the jail and is in
"good condition." Full story
Iran hopes "basic changes,"
"amendments" to jailed U.S.-Iranian reporter's case
TEHRAN, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Both the lawyer of the case and
some Iranian officials have expressed hope that there would be "basic changes"
and "amendments" to the jailed U.S.-Iranian reporter's case.
On Sunday, after the session of an Iranian court held
to hear the detained reporter's appeal concerning the charges of espionage, the
lawyer of the case Abdolsamad Khoramshahi told reporters that he is "optimistic
that there would be basic changes in the (previously) issued verdict in favor of
Ms. Saberi," according to local IRNA news agency. Full story
Detained U.S.-Iranian reporter's
lawyer "optimistic" on case
TEHRAN, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The detained U.S.-Iranian reporter's lawyer said
Sunday that he is "optimistic" on his client's case, the official IRNA news
agency reported.
"Considering today's court (hearing) session, I am
optimistic that there would be changes in the issued verdict in favor of Ms.
Saberi," her lawyer Abdol Samad Khoramshahi was quoted as saying. Full story
