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Reporter Jailed in Iran Ends Hunger Strike

Iranian judiciary denies strike, father says she's 'very weak'

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(Newser) – Jailed journalist Roxana Saberi has ended her 2-week hunger strike a day after the Iranian judiciary said she'll get an appeal hearing on her spying conviction, Reuters reports. The Iranian-American consumed only dates and sweetened water and became "very weak," her father said. The hearing on Saberi's 8-year sentence for spying is scheduled for next week.

A member of Reporters Without Borders, hold placards with the picture of American journalist Roxana Saberi jailed in Iran, outside the Iran Air office in Paris.
A member of Reporters Without Borders, hold placards with the picture of American journalist Roxana Saberi jailed in Iran, outside the Iran Air office in Paris.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Saberi's parents have been pleading with her to stop the hunger strike because she has become
Saberi's parents have been pleading with her to stop the hunger strike because she has become "very weak," her father says.   (AP photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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We are very relieved and happy that she stopped. We were very worried about her health. - Reza Saberi, Roxana's father

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