Father: Reporter Saberi on Hunger Strike in Tehran Prison

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The father of an imprisoned Iranian-American journalist in Tehran says she has gone on a hunger strike to protest her eight-year jail sentence for espionage.

Reza Saberi said Saturday his daughter, Roxana, is on her fifth day of a hunger strike and will continue to refuse food until Iranian authorities release her from prison.

Saberi's lawyer, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, appealed her sentence earlier in the day.

An Iranian court sentenced the 31-year-old journalist on April 18 after she was convicted during an internationally criticized closed-door trial. The U.S. State Department says the spying charges are baseless.


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http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-25-voa14.cfm

[rurallib]

1. uh-oh!