Judiciary spokesman: Roxana Saberi to be freed soon
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, May 11, IRNA – Judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said on Monday that the verdict of the previous court on Roxana Saberi has been reversed in the appeal court and she is to be freed.
Speaking to IRNA, he said based on the new verdict she has been sentenced to two years in jail but its jail term has been suspended for five years.
32 year-old Roxana Saberi was arrested in the second half of February on charges of espionage for the US and was sentenced to eight years in jail.
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