Iran sentences US reporter to eight years in jail: relative

An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, who was put on trial for spying for the United States, to eight years in jail, a relative told AFP on Saturday

An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, who was put on trial for spying for the United States, to eight years in jail, a relative told AFP on Saturday.

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"Roxana's father (Reza Saberi) informed me that she has been sentenced to eight years in jail," the relative told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Saberi, 31, has been detained in a notorious Tehran prison since January and went on trial behind closed doors on Monday.