Miss North Dakota: Iran Sentences to 8 Years in Prison

Ms. Saberi was initially reported to have been detained for buying alcohol, an illegal act in the Islamic republic.
The ISNA news agency, quoting an unidentified judiciary source, confirmed that a revolutionary court had sentenced Ms. Saberi for espionage — a charge that could have risked the death sentence, according to Agence France-Presse.

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By NAZILA FATHI
Published: April 18, 2009
TEHRAN, April 18 — A revolutionary court has sentenced an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, to eight years in prison after convicting her of spying for the United States, her lawyer said Saturday...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/world/middleeast/19iran.html?_r=1&hp

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My previous posts on this tragic story:

http://jillosophy.blogspot.com/2009/04/miss-north-dakota-imprisoned-irans.html