﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Roxana Saberi news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more Roxana Saberi stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/38785/roxana-saberi.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 6:45:02 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/60384/saberi-i-confessed-after-severe-mental-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Saberi: I Confessed After 'Severe Mental Pressure'</title><description>Roxana Saberi tells NPR that she falsely confessed to being a spy because she was under "severe psychological and mental pressure" from Iranian authorities. Saberi says she wasn't physically tortured in prison, but she was subjected to hours of interrogation and threatened with a 20-year prison sentence or execution if...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/60384/saberi-i-confessed-after-severe-mental-pressure.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:07:47 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/60278/freed-journalist-its-wonderful-to-be-back.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Freed Journalist: 'It's Wonderful To Be Back'</title><description>Roxana Saberi, the 32-year-old journalist recently sprung from a prison in Iran, got a face-to-face meeting today with Hillary Clinton to express her thanks, reports CNN. "When I found out that I had the support while I was in prison, I gained a lot of strength and hope, and I...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/60278/freed-journalist-its-wonderful-to-be-back.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:22:55 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/59982/reuters-journo-held-by-us-in-iraq-8-months.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Reuters Journo Held by US in Iraq 8 Months</title><description>Amid the outrage over journalist Roxana Saberi’s detention in Iran, the US is holding a Reuters photographer in Iraq without charges, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ibrahim Jassam, 31, has been held since September “as the result of his activity with a known insurgent organization,” said a US military rep....</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/59982/reuters-journo-held-by-us-in-iraq-8-months.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 7:28:05 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/59886/journalist-saberi-back-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Journalist Saberi Back in US</title><description>Roxana Saberi, the journalist who spent 4 months in an Iranian prison, was greeted this afternoon with cheers and hugs from friends as she returned to her native US. Saberi, 32, told reporters at Washington Dulles International Airport that singing the national anthem helped keep her going. "And it may...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/59886/journalist-saberi-back-in-us.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:12:05 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/59056/freed-saberi-arrives-in-austria.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Freed Saberi Arrives in Austria</title><description>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...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/59056/freed-saberi-arrives-in-austria.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 2:56:35 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/58742/smiling-saberi-happy-to-be-free.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Smiling Saberi 'Happy' to Be Free</title><description>Journalist Roxana Saberi says she’s “very happy” to be free and reunited with her parents and today thanked those who helped win her freedom from an Iranian prison, the AP reports. One of her lawyers said her conviction was partially because she had visited Israel, illegal for Iranian citizens, and...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/58742/smiling-saberi-happy-to-be-free.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 6:56:22 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/58655/hey-media-us-jails-journos-too.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Hey, Media: US Jails Journos, Too</title><description>The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon : the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in point: the...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/58655/hey-media-us-jails-journos-too.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:21:08 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/58625/saberi-freed-by-iran-united-with-parents.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Saberi Freed by Iran, United With Parents</title><description>Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American reporter jailed in Tehran for the last 5 months, has been freed and reunited with her parents, the AP reports. An appeals court yesterday cut her sentence to a 2-year suspended term, down from the 8 years she was given for spying for the US. The...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/58625/saberi-freed-by-iran-united-with-parents.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 6:17:21 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/58578/lawyer-expects-fundamental-changes-in-saberi-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Lawyer Expects 'Fundamental Changes' in Saberi Sentence</title><description>The lawyer for jailed American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi is confident his client’s 8-year sentence will be “substantially” reduced, Reuters reports. An Iranian appeals court is expected to issue its verdict soon after today’s closed-door hearing. Saberi was convicted of spying for the United States, an accusation Reporters Without Borders says...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/58578/lawyer-expects-fundamental-changes-in-saberi-sentence.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 13:59:48 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>