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CNN"In fact, her press card was revoked," said Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi. "Without a permit, she should not have been engaged in news and information gathering in Iran."
Qashqavi did not confirm whether Roxana Saberi was in custody or provide details of her alleged arrest. In his weekly news conference, he said the matter is under the jurisdiction of Iran's judiciary.
Saberi's father, who lives in North Dakota, told CNN on Sunday that his daughter called him February 10 and said she'd been arrested 10 days earlier. He said the phone call was disconnected after two minutes but his daughter called back.
"She called and said she's in jail," Reza Saberi said. "She said she bought a bottle of wine last year and kept it to take to a friend for her birthday. She said authorities told her the person who sold her the wine turned her in."
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/02/iran.journalist/index.html
Roxana Saberi is from my home town, and had been a reporter at one of our TV stations in the early 2000's. She has since been a freelance reporter working for BBC and NPR among others.
Although she has been in prison since Feb 10, the story has just broke as the father has come out and released the details of his daughter's arrest since nothing has been resolved quietly.
Saberi apparently has been working on a book detailing the life of the everyday woman in Iranian society. The last report she filed for NPR was about how the Iranians have been going on something of a "morality crackdown" as of late, and haven't been allowing women to attend events in public such as soccer matches.
I fear for her safety.