Reporter Saberi leaves Iran jail
May 11, 2009 by admin
The US-Iranian journalist jailed in Iran, Roxana Saberi, has been freed from prison after having her sentence for spying reduced.
Lawyers for the 31 year old, whose imprisoning sparked a global outcry, said she left Tehran’s Evin jail hours after her eight-year term was cut.
She will be able to leave the country but has been banned from working as a journalist in Iran for five years.
Ms Saberi was convicted of spying for the US in April but denied the charge.
The BBC’s Tehran correspondent says the charge against her was reduced on appeal to one carrying a lesser sentence.
The case sparked international attention and protests calling for Roxana Saberi to be released.