Roxana Saberi is to be released from Iranian prison today. The freelance Iranian-American journalist, who has reported for
NPR and other major news organizations, was convicted of espionage last month and received an eight-year sentence. In an appeals hearing yesterday, an Iranian court issued a two-year suspended sentence. “In the next few days, we will make travel plans to return home,” Reza Saberi, the father, told The Associated Press.
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