Iran Says It Will Release US Journalist in 'Next Few Days'

31-year-old imprisoned for buying bottle of wine
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 6, 2009 2:05 PM CST
Iran Says It Will Release US Journalist in 'Next Few Days'
This undated photo provided March 3, 2009, by the National Press Photographers Association shows US journalist Roxana Saberi.   (AP Photo)

Iran will soon free Roxana Saberi, a journalist imprisoned more than a month ago, Reuters reports. Saberi was jailed after buying a bottle of wine, but held on concerns over her working papers. Tehran said its investigation is finished and that the 31-year old Iranian-American’s release is imminent, but the government's response may have mostly come from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s demand yesterday that Saberi be freed immediately. (More Iran stories.)

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