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Court In Iran Suspends Journalist's Sentence

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 05/11/2009 - 7:00am

Lawyers for jailed U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi say she's expected be freed Monday, after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term.

Iranian authorities have held the 32-year-old reporter since she was arrested in January and later convicted of spying for the U.S.

Nazila Fathi is covering the story for The New York Times and talks with Renee Montagne.