Roxana Saberi and Iran

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In The Media

Roxana Saberi and Iran

The case of Roxana Saberi grows bleaker as the journalist's health reportedly deteriorates as she continues a hunger strike against her imprisonment.

By Karim Sadjadpour

Published on Apr 30, 2009

Source: NPR's On Point

Roxana Saberi health is reportedly deteriorating as she continues a hunger strike against her imprisonment in Iran. The Iranian regime has been inconsistent in its handling of the case, first with the charges it filed against Saberi, and later with the pronouncements made by President Ahmadinejad, who called for her rights to be respected.

Karim Sadjadpour cautions against viewing the Saberi case as merely the result of domestic political jockeying in the lead-up to the Iranian presidential election. Rather the main motivation for imprisoning Saberi is Iran's contentious relationship with the United States.

About the Author

Karim Sadjadpour

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.

Recent Work

Q&A
What’s Keeping the Iranian Regime in Power—for Now
- Aaron David Miller, Karim Sadjadpour, Robin Wright
Q&A
How Washington and Tehran Are Assessing Their Next Steps
- Aaron David Miller, David Petraeus, Karim Sadjadpour

Political Reform Foreign Policy North America United States Middle East Iran

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