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Roxana Saberi: her life and captivity in Iran

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 27, 2010
US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi waves to media on May 12, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Saberi had been freed from prison the previous day after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison. An appeals court reduced her jail term to a two-year suspended sentence.
US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi waves to media on May 12, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. Saberi had been freed from prison the previous day after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence. Roxana, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, was convicted last month of spying for the U.S. and sentenced to eight years in prison. An appeals court reduced her jail term to a two-year suspended sentence.
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Roxana Saberi: her life and captivity in Iran
Roxana Saberi is an Iranian-American journalist who was working in Iran when on January 31, 2009, she was arrested and secretly detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. Accused of espionage, Saberi was held in solitary confinement for several days, ruthlessly interrogated, and cut off from the outside world. She was tried and sentenced to eight years in prison but was released on appeal on May 11, following international pressure by family, friends, colleagues, and various governments throughout the world. Roxana Saberi joins Larry Mantle to tell her compelling story.

Roxana Saberi is an Iranian-American journalist who was working in Iran when on January 31, 2009, she was arrested and secretly detained in Iran's notorious Evin Prison. Accused of espionage, Saberi was held in solitary confinement for several days, ruthlessly interrogated, and cut off from the outside world. She was tried and sentenced to eight years in prison but was released on appeal on May 11, following international pressure by family, friends, colleagues, and various governments throughout the world. Roxana Saberi joins Larry Mantle to tell her compelling story.

Roxana Saberi will speak and sign her book on Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 pm at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.

Guest:

Roxana Saberi, author of Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran (Harper). In 2003 she moved to Iran to work as correspondent for the U.S.–based Feature Story News. She has filed reports for organizations such as NPR, BBC, ABC Radio, and Fox News