Clinton 'heartened' by Roxana Saberi's release in IranSecretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday she was "heartened" by the release of US-born reporter Roxana Saberi from a jail in Iran, but again attacked her conviction for spying. "Obviously we continue to take issue with the charges against her and the verdict rendered, but we are very heartened that she has been released and wish her and her family all the very best," Clinton told reporters. She said Saberi's release had been confirmed to the US government by the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which handles US interests in Iran in the absence of diplomatic ties between the two nations. "She is currently with her family and will be leaving Tehran to return to the US in the coming days," the top US diplomat added. A Tehran appeals court reduced Saberi's prison term for espionage to a two-year suspended sentence A sentence given after the formal conviction of a crime that the convicted person is not required to serve. In criminal cases a trial judge has the ability to suspend the sentence of a convicted person. , ending a four-month ordeal for the US-Iranian journalist. The release removes one cloud over cloud over Verb 1. (of the sky or weather) to become cloudy: it was clouding over and we thought it would rain 2. President Barack Obama's attempts to end three decades of diplomatic estrangement between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Iran. On April 30, Clinton had complained about "mixed responses" from Iran over the fate of Saberi, who was detained in January and then sentenced last month to an eight-year jail term on charges of spying for the United States. "I think it shows how difficult it is to deal with this government in Iran," Clinton told a Senate panel, a week after warning that Washington would push for tough sanctions over Iran's nuclear drive if the new dialogue fails. The US-based Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ, formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi celebrated Saberi's release from the notorious Evin prison Evin Prison (زندان اوین) is a prison in Iran, located in the north of Tehran [1]. It is notorious for its political prisoners' wing, from before the 1979 Iranian Revolution and since. in Tehran. "This is absolutely incredible news," said SPJ SPJ Society of Professional Journalists SPJ Self-Protection Jamming SPJ Small Project Job SPJ Steel Pile Jacket SPJ Spool File by Job Agent president Dave Aeikens, whose organization took part in efforts by human rights groups to secure the reporter's freedom. "Iran has a long way to go in guaranteeing freedom of the press, but this is one small indication that there is hope for the future," Aeikens said in a statement. Saberi, who marked her 32nd birthday in jail last month and went on hunger strike for a fortnight, has reported for US National Public Radio, the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. and Fox News, and has lived in Iran for the past six years. 
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