May 30th, 2009 · Weeks after the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi from a prison in Tehran, host Scott Simon reflects on two other journalists detained by a government hostile to the U.S. Laura Ling and Euna Lee were on assignment near the North Korea border when they were arrested March 17. The women have had no contact with the West in the two months since.
May 28th, 2009 · In her first in-depth interview, Roxana Saberi, who spent four months in an Iranian prison, talks about the events leading to her arrest, why she gave a false confession to the Iranian authorities that she was a spy, and what ultimately kept her going.
May 22nd, 2009 · An American journalist who spent four months in an Iranian prison was greeted Friday afternoon with cheers and hugs from friends as she returned to the United States. Roxana Saberi told reporters upon her arrival that singing the national anthem helped keep her going.
May 16th, 2009 · As activists celebrate the release of U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi from Iran's notorious Evin prison, human-rights groups are speaking out about others still held there. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Hadi Ghaemi of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about some Evin inmates, including two doctors arrested for spreading information about HIV and AIDS.
May 15th, 2009 · Upon landing in Austria to recuperate, Roxana Saberi paid tribute to those who supported her during her time in captivity. Freed from an Iranian prison Monday, she planned to spend several days in Vienna so she could begin to come to terms with her ordeal.
May 14th, 2009 · Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of espionage in Iran last month, is leaving Tehran after being released from prison on Monday. Saberi, who has worked as a freelance reporter for NPR and other news organizations, was heading to Austria with her parents and a family friend on Thursday.
May 14th, 2009 · Journalist Roxana Saberi was freed from jail in Iran this week after spending more than three months behind bars on charges of spying for the United States. While her story has a happy ending, many journalists around the world remain in jail. Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists and NPR's Doualy Xaycaothao, who's been covering the case of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, recently imprisoned in North Korea, talk about reporters who work in hostile coditions.
May 13th, 2009 · A lawyer for Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist who was convicted of espionage last month in Iran, disclosed new details about her case Wednesday, telling NPR that the Iranian prosecutor in the case had claimed Saberi was actively recruited by a CIA agent.