The head of Iran's judiciary Monday ordered a "careful and speedy appeal process" for an Iranian-American journalist who was convicted of spying, Iran's state-run news agency reported. Roxana Saberi, 31, was sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison after a one-day trial that was closed to the public. The decision prompted sharp denunciations from President Obama, as well as other U.S. and international officials. Saberi's lawyer has said he would appeal Saturday's verdict. Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi's ...

Five children drowned in a Houston, Texas, bayou Saturday after the car they were riding in veered off the road, police said. "She has lost weight and she looks frail and weak," Reza Saberi said. "She says she's not treated harshly. The food is pretty good and they're not hurting her. So it's just the environment of the prison that's very frustrating." Saberi, 31, an Iranian-American from North Dakota, was sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison after a one-day ...

Roxana Saberi, the American journalist convicted of espionage charges in Iran, has lost weight in prison but is being treated well, her father said Sunday. "She has lost weight and she looks frail and weak," Reza Saberi said. "She says she's not treated harshly. The food is pretty good and they're not hurting her. So it's just the environment of the prison that's very frustrating." Saberi, 31, an Iranian-American from North Dakota, was sentenced Saturday to eight years in prison ...

A U.S. journalist in Iran was sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage, her father, lawyer and news reports said Saturday -- a sentence that prompted denunciation from the United States. Iranian media, including an Iranian judiciary source quoted Saturday by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, confirmed the sentence of Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old Iranian-American from North Dakota. "I am deeply disappointed by the reported sentencing of Roxana Saberi by the Iranian judiciary," U.S. Secretary of State ...

The State Department voiced concern Thursday about the secret trial in Iran of an American journalist on espionage charges, calling it "baseless" and saying her release could aid U.S.-Iranian relations. Acting department spokesman Robert Wood confirmed Iranian reports that Roxana Saberi went on trial in Iran earlier this week on charges of spying. According to the reports, Iranian authorities said she has confessed. "We've been very concerned about the transparency of this judicial process," Wood said. "And we call on ...

A trial date has not been set for an American journalist facing espionage charges in Iran, and her lawyer will argue Saturday that she be released on bail until the case goes to trial. Roxana Saberi was charged with spying, with Iranian authorities saying she has confessed to doing so. Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, Saberi's lawyer, said Thursday that he has not had a chance to view his client's file and will seek permission to look at the file this weekend. Khorramshahi ...

Iranian authorities have charged detained American journalist Roxana Saberi with espionage, Iran's Press TV reported. Iran's deputy prosecutor for security issues, Hassan Haddad, said Saberi had confessed to having engaged in espionage activities. "She conducted spying operations in the country by passing herself as a journalist. She has accepted all charges and we have documented the evidence in her legal case papers," Haddad said, according to Press TV. Saberi's father, Reza Saberi, told CNN last month that his daughter called ...

The Danish prime minister has told his party he is a candidate for NATO's top job, a spokeswoman for the party told Danish TV on Friday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced his aspirations to the Liberal Party Friday morning, party spokeswoman Inger Stojberg said in an interview posted on Denmark's TV2 News Web site. The prime minister's spokesman, Michael Ulveman, however, would not confirm the announcement to CNN. Rasmussen's name has surfaced as a possible frontrunner to replace current NATO Secretary ...

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An American journalist detained in Iran has received a visit from an attorney, her father said on Monday. "We're relieved" at news of the attorney's visit to Roxana Saberi, said her father, Reza Saberi, from his Fargo, North Dakota, home. He said he spoke with the attorney shortly after the visit Sunday. "He [the attorney] said initially her spirits were not good and she was not feeling well. When she started to talk, she cried. But her spirits changed when ...