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Reporter Jailed in Iran Ends Hunger Strike

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

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted May 6, 2009 12:47 PM CDT

(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.

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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 "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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Reporter Jailed in Iran Ends Hunger Strike