More than troubling is the news today of the conviction - well, not surprising really! - in Iran of Roxana Saberi.
One suspects that the Iranian regime is engaged in game-playing.
The Guardian reports in "An Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi":
"The jailing of Saberi - a freelance who has worked for the BBC - seems certain to deepen tensions between America and Iran following indications that, with Barack Obama in the White House, relations might finally be thawing.
The BBC voiced extreme concern at the "severe sentence".
Last night Saberi threatened to go on hunger strike to protest against her conviction. The threat, conveyed by her father, Reza Saberi, follows her conviction after a trial in camera that began last Monday and lasted a single day. "She is quite depressed and wants to go on hunger strike," he said, adding that he was trying to persuade her not to.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has demanded that the former Miss North Dakota, who had been working in Iran as a freelance journalist, be released.
Saberi, aged 31, has been held in the notorious Evin prison on the northern edges of Tehran since her arrest. The espionage charges were announced last week. The US said that the allegations were "baseless and without foundation". Saberi, 31, is a citizen of both the United States and Iran, but Tehran does not recognise dual nationality.:
An Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday by the Iranian authorities after being found guilty of spying for the United States.
The jailing of Saberi - a freelance who has worked for the BBC - seems certain to deepen tensions between America and Iran following indications that, with Barack Obama in the White House, relations might finally be thawing.
The BBC voiced extreme concern at the "severe sentence".
Last night Saberi threatened to go on hunger strike to protest against her conviction. The threat, conveyed by her father, Reza Saberi, follows her conviction after a trial in camera that began last Monday and lasted a single day. "She is quite depressed and wants to go on hunger strike," he said, adding that he was trying to persuade her not to.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has demanded that the former Miss North Dakota, who had been working in Iran as a freelance journalist, be released.
Saberi, aged 31, has been held in the notorious Evin prison on the northern edges of Tehran since her arrest. The espionage charges were announced last week. The US said that the allegations were "baseless and without foundation". Saberi, 31, is a citizen of both the United States and Iran, but Tehran does not recognise dual nationality."
One suspects that the Iranian regime is engaged in game-playing.
The Guardian reports in "An Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi":
"The jailing of Saberi - a freelance who has worked for the BBC - seems certain to deepen tensions between America and Iran following indications that, with Barack Obama in the White House, relations might finally be thawing.
The BBC voiced extreme concern at the "severe sentence".
Last night Saberi threatened to go on hunger strike to protest against her conviction. The threat, conveyed by her father, Reza Saberi, follows her conviction after a trial in camera that began last Monday and lasted a single day. "She is quite depressed and wants to go on hunger strike," he said, adding that he was trying to persuade her not to.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has demanded that the former Miss North Dakota, who had been working in Iran as a freelance journalist, be released.
Saberi, aged 31, has been held in the notorious Evin prison on the northern edges of Tehran since her arrest. The espionage charges were announced last week. The US said that the allegations were "baseless and without foundation". Saberi, 31, is a citizen of both the United States and Iran, but Tehran does not recognise dual nationality.:
An Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday by the Iranian authorities after being found guilty of spying for the United States.
The jailing of Saberi - a freelance who has worked for the BBC - seems certain to deepen tensions between America and Iran following indications that, with Barack Obama in the White House, relations might finally be thawing.
The BBC voiced extreme concern at the "severe sentence".
Last night Saberi threatened to go on hunger strike to protest against her conviction. The threat, conveyed by her father, Reza Saberi, follows her conviction after a trial in camera that began last Monday and lasted a single day. "She is quite depressed and wants to go on hunger strike," he said, adding that he was trying to persuade her not to.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, has demanded that the former Miss North Dakota, who had been working in Iran as a freelance journalist, be released.
Saberi, aged 31, has been held in the notorious Evin prison on the northern edges of Tehran since her arrest. The espionage charges were announced last week. The US said that the allegations were "baseless and without foundation". Saberi, 31, is a citizen of both the United States and Iran, but Tehran does not recognise dual nationality."
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