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 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 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 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.
May 11th, 2009 · After four months in Iranian custody, American journalist Roxana Saberi was released from prison and reunited with her parents Monday. Saberi's attorney, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, tells NPR the court's decision was not political, but legal. And he says he will remember that moment for the "rest of his life."
May 11th, 2009 · Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi was released Monday from an Iranian prison where she had been held since January. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, where Saberi grew up, says the Iranian government has rectified a "terrible miscarriage of justice," and officials said she is now free to leave the country.
May 11th, 2009 · Lawyers for Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison, say she will be freed Monday after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term. Her father, Reza Saberi, tells NPR that he is going to pick her up immediately.
May 2nd, 2009 · Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi remains in Tehran's Evin Prison, a week into her eight-year sentence on a charge of espionage. Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi says Saberi's closed-door trial was not allowed under Iran's constitution.