Ban Welcomes Release Of Journalist Roxana Saberi From Iranian Jail
New York, May 12 2009 2:10PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release from an Iranian prison of journalist
Roxana Saberi, who was convicted of spying for the United States, a United Nations spokesperson said today.
“He had discussed the matter on several occasions with the Government of Iran, most recently with President Ahmadinejad
in Geneva, and he is pleased that the case has been resolved,” Farhan Haq told a news conference at UN Headquarters in
New York.
Ms. Saberi, a 32-year-old who has dual US-Iranian citizenship, was convicted last month of spying for the US and
sentenced to eight years in prison, according to media reports.
She was freed from prison on Monday after an appeals court reduced her jail term to a two-year suspended sentence.
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