by Sheryl L.
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U.S. reporter freed by Iran, reunites with family

May 11, 2009 11:10 AM UTC
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Saberi allowed to leave country after prison term for spying is suspended

msnbc.com news services updated 15 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran - An American journalist jailed for five months in Iran was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court suspended her eight-year prison sentence on charges of spying for the United States.

Roxana Saberi, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, met her parents outside Evin prison Monday evening after the court cut her jail term to a two-year suspended sentence, her lawyers said. While they awaited her release, her mother, in a headscarf, smiled while her father looked overcome with emotion.

"She was reunited with her father and mother. They left for their house," her lawyer Saleh Nikbakht told The Associated Press. He said Saberi was free to leave Iran immediately.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30679918/

 

Comments: 5

Nora D. May 11, 2009, 11:25am UTC
What wonderful news.......I had been worried that she would never be released. I'm sure her family is absolutely thrilled!
Jo N. May 11, 2009, 4:26pm UTC
I had heard about this and I am glad that she was let go.
Paula C. May 11, 2009, 9:44pm UTC
I'm so glad!

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