By: Joe Kain
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An American citizen and journalist by the name of Roxana Saberi was officially charged with espionage by the Iranian government as of April 9th. She was sentenced to eight years in prison as of Saturday. Her lawyer has twenty days to file an appeal. President Obama commented that he is "gravely concerned with her safety and well-being". He also stated that his administration will in touch with the Iranian government through Swiss intermediaries.
Well if relations between the U.S. and Iran couldn't get too much worse, there's this new problem. Hopefully, the case is sucessfully appealed and she gets aqcuited. If the appeals are unsucessful this could cause some problems for the future considering both countries will probably not budge on the issue.
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