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The father of a journalist in prison in Iran
says he hopes to hear soon that she will be released.


      Reza Saberi said Friday he has talked to his lawyer twice and
the lawyer has an appointment to see his daughter, Roxana, on
Saturday afternoon. He hopes the lawyer will find out when she will
be freed.


      A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said earlier this week
that 31-year-old Roxana Saberi was being held in Evin prison north
of the capital, Tehran. The Foreign Ministry said she had engaged
in "illegal" activities because she continued working in Iran
after the government revoked her press credentials in 2006.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday called for
Saberi's release.


      Reza Saberi said he did not know what conditions might be placed
on his daughter's release, including whether she would be free to
leave the country.


      "I think it (her release) will happen. On what conditions, that
is what we have to find out," he said.

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The father of a journalist in prison in Iran
says he hopes to hear soon that she will be released.


Father of journalist in Iran waiting for word

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