Jailed Journo on Hunger Strike in Iran

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

(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. More»

Parents of jailed journo told her 'the world was with her'

(NEWSER) - Journalist Roxana Saberi is spending her 32nd birthday in an Iranian prison today—determined to maintain a hunger strike to protest her conviction and 8-year prison sentence for being an alleged American spy. “She didn't wait for us to persuade her not to do so,” her father told NPR, as now two lawyers began handling her case “behind closed doors.” More»

As parents visit, Saberi vows to stretch hunger strike into second week

(AP) - An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the US is vowing to remain on a hunger strike until she is freed even though she is "very weak," her father said today. Roxana Saberi has been on a hunger strike for a week, following her conviction in a one-day, closed-door trial. She was sentenced to eight years in prison. Her parents said they visited Roxana in Evin prison yesterday for her 32nd birthday. More»

(NEWSER) - The father of the Iranian-American journalist jailed for spying in Iran says he will remain in the country until she is freed, the AP reports. “I demand them to release my daughter as soon as possible so that she can return to her normal life and continue her job,” Reza Saberi said of 31-year-old Roxana Saberi. A judge said the trial would begin next week at Iran’s Revolutionary Court, normally reserved for cases relating to national security. More»

Journalist promises to give details on case after recovering from prison ordeal

(NEWSER) - Freed US journalist Roxana Saberi arrived in Austria today after leaving Iran, AP reports. A beaming Saberi—released this week after spending four months in an Iranian jail accused of spying—thanked all of her supporters. "Both journalists and non-journalists around the world supported me very much and it was very moving for me to hear this," she said. More»