Female Journalist Accused Of Spying
Saturday, February 4th, 2012Ms.Roxana-Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist is being tried in Iran on accusation of spying for the US. She was working for the BBC three years ago and has been in Iran for six years. The journalist is 31 and has been studying and writing a book.As per reports, Ms.Saberi is being held in the Evin prison since January. US has stated that the charges against Ms.Saberi were baseless and its Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton has demanded Ms.Saberi’s release.However, Iran’s judiciary spokesman Ali Jamshidi has rubbished the US claim. As per Ms.Saberi’s lawyer, her parents visited her in jail and were with her for 20 minutes.