Iran urged President Barack Obama on Monday not to comment on the case of a U.S. journalist convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison before learning the details.
Iran has released very few facts about Roxana Saberi’s case and initially said she was arrested in January for working without press credentials. The government later charged the 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen with spying for the United States and convicted her in a one-day trial behind closed doors.
The conviction, which Iran announced Saturday, has complicated Obama’s efforts to break a 30-year diplomatic deadlock between the two countries.
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