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| US 'deeply disappointed' as Iran convicts reporter 2 Years, 9 Months ago |
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Apr 18, 5:39 PM (ET)
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
(AP) Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, lawyer of American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, 31, who has been...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran convicted an American journalist of spying for the United States and sentenced her to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, complicating the Obama administration's efforts to break a 30-year-old diplomatic deadlock with Tehran.
The White House said President Barack Obama was "deeply disappointed" by the conviction, while the journalist's father told a radio station his daughter was tricked into making incriminating statements by officials who told her they would free her if she did.
It was the first time Iran has found an American journalist guilty of espionage - a crime that can carry the death penalty.
Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen, was arrested in late January and initially accused of working without press credentials. But earlier this month, an Iranian judge leveled a far more serious allegation, charging her with spying for the United States.
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Saberi's father is in Iran but was not allowed into the courtroom to see his daughter, who he described as "quite depressed." He said she denied the incriminating statements she made when she realized she had been tricked but "apparently in the case they didn't consider her denial."
Saberi's lawyer, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, told The Associated Press he would "definitely appeal the verdict."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States was working with Swiss diplomats in Iran to get details about the court's decision and to ensure Saberi's well-being. She said in a statement the United States will "vigorously raise our concerns" with the Iranian government.
The United States has called the charges against Saberi baseless, and the State Department said Thursday that Iran would gain U.S. good will if it "responded in a positive way" to the case.
apnews.myway.com/article/20090418/D97L4GTG0.html
And where are the left who have been trashing Gitmo for so long???
(Crickets)
Nowhere to be found.(because it is not the US who has this poor woman in custody.
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| Re:US 'deeply disappointed' as Iran convicts reporter 2 Years, 9 Months ago |
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Maybe the Great Appeaser can give nuclear warheads to Tehran to free this woman. After all he is for wealth redistribution. Why should the US be successful when there are countries without nuclear capability.
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