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Court In Iran Suspends Journalist's Sentence

Lawyers for jailed U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi say she is expected be freed Monday, after an Iranian appeals court suspended her prison term. Iranian authorities have held the 32-year-old reporter since she was arrested in January and later convicted of spying for the U.S. Nazila Fathi, who is covering the story for The New York Times, talks with Renee Montagne.

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