Judges hear Saberi appeal

There are some very hopeful signs for my former colleague Roxana Saberi who is in jail in Iran. She is a journalist based in Tehran who was jailed for spying for the United States.

Her appeal is currently being considered by a panel of judges:

TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian court heard the appeal of U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi against her eight-year jail sentence for espionage on Sunday and her lawyer said he was optimistic it would be fundamentally changed.

Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has said Saberi's conviction was a warning to foreign journalists working in Iran ahead of its presidential election in June.

Full article here - also at Bloomberg