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...after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded Saberi's release, an Iranian prosecutor told the Iranian Student News Agency that Ms. Saberi would be released from custody ''in the next few days...
...Contacted her father on Feb. 10 from an Iranian prison, where she said she was detained after buying a bottle of wine, an offense that normally warrants a fine or a few days in jail. For nearly a month, her parents opted not to publicize the news before going to the media on Mar. 1. The next day, Iran's judiciary announced that she was being held for working without proper press credentials...
...Born April 26, 1977 in Belleville, New Jersey to a Japanese mother and Iranian father. When she was 6 months old, the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota. She holds dual citizenship, in both Iran...
...Obtained a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago, and another master's degree in international relations from Cambridge University. Before her arrest earlier this year, she had been pursuing a third master's degree, this one in Iranian studies...
...While at Northwestern University, she interviewed the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who recently said he applied for an Iranian visa so he could visit Saberi in prison. Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, Iran's Nobel Peace Prize laurate, also agreed to join Saberi's cause as a defense attorney...