“TEHRAN, IRAN (May 5, 2009) – Imprisoned American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, 31, who has been on a hunger strike since shortly after the Iranian Revolutionary Court convicted her of spying and sentenced her to eight years in Iran’s Evin prison, has been hospitalized and is being fed intravenously, according to her father.” as sited on NPPA web site. The artical goes onto say that she reported for both BBC and NPR. She is a highly accredited woman in 2004 Saberi was a key note speaker for the Women in Photojournalism Conference. This former Miss Dakota  which also particapated in the Miss America pageant was convicted of spying for the United States in a one-day, closed-door trail.  Check out the full artical on NPPA web site.

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