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European Parliament chief condemns Ahmedinejad speech

European Parliament chief condemns Ahmedinejad speechStrasbourg - European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering on Monday condemned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's speech at the UN racism conference as "unacceptable" and coupled it with a warning about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.

Poettering said "The European Union and the international community must decisively condemn these statements and work with determination to ensure an Israel in safe borders and a Palestinian State in safe borders can live in peace together."

US calls on Iran to release American journalist

US calls on Iran to release American journalist Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for the immediate release of an American journalist sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on "baseless" espionage charges.

"We believe she should be freed immediately," Clinton said. "The charges against her are baseless."

Roxana Saberi had been held in Iran for months prior to last week's sentence. The Iranian government charges she was operating in the country illegally because she was not a credentialed journalist.

Tehran calls on US not to politicise journalist case

United States, IranTehran - Tehran called on the United States Monday not to politicise the case of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, and to respect the Iranian judiciary's decision and independence.

Saberi was sentenced by an Iranian revolutionary court to eight years in prison for spying for the United States.

Both US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed deep concern over the journalist's fate and their disappointment over the verdict. Obama said Sunday that he was confident Saberi was not involved in espionage against Tehran.

Clinton "deeply disappointed" at journalist's Iran sentence

US Secretary of State Hillary ClintonWashington/Tehran  - The United States expressed deep concern Saturday over an eight-year prison sentence imposed by the Iranian judiciary on Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi for spying.

"I am deeply disappointed," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "We will continue to vigorously raise our concerns to the Iranian government."

Saberi, 31, a reporter for US National Public Radio, was sentenced on charges of spying for the United States after the closed-door trial, her lawyer told reporters in Tehran.

US-Iranian journalist jailed for eight years in Tehran for spying

US-Iranian journalist jailed for eight years in Tehran for spyingTehran, Apr. 18 : An American-Iranian journalist has been jailed for eight years in Tehran after being accused of spying for the United States.

Her lawyer and family revealed that 31-year-old Roxana Saberi had been convicted and sentenced. She had been detained in a notorious Tehran prison since January and went on trial behind closed doors last Monday.

Saberi''s lawyer, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, said: "She has been sentenced to eight years. I will appeal."

Iran sentences US journalist to eight years in prison

Iran sentences US journalist to eight years in prison Tehran - The Iranian judiciary issued an eight-year prison term for an Iranian-American journalist on charges of spying for the United States, her lawyer told reporters in Tehran Saturday.

The court has not yet issued any official statement and no further details were available.

Roxana Saberi, 31, a reporter for US National Public Radio, has been in custody since January in Tehran's Evin prison.

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