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| Freed reporter Saberi leaves Iran | Freed reporter Saberi leaves Iran |
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| Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran following her release from jail earlier this week. | Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has left Iran following her release from jail earlier this week. |
| She arrived in Austria from Tehran with her parents. She said she would stay there a few days before flying home to Fargo, North Dakota. | She arrived in Austria from Tehran with her parents. She said she would stay there a few days before flying home to Fargo, North Dakota. |
| Ms Saberi, 32, was freed on Monday after spending four months in prison on spying charges, which she denies. | Ms Saberi, 32, was freed on Monday after spending four months in prison on spying charges, which she denies. |
| She was originally sentenced to eight years, but the term was cut on appeal to a two-year suspended sentence. | She was originally sentenced to eight years, but the term was cut on appeal to a two-year suspended sentence. |
| Her case had attracted international attention. The US administration said Iran's decision to free her was a "humanitarian gesture". | Her case had attracted international attention. The US administration said Iran's decision to free her was a "humanitarian gesture". |
| 'Calm and relaxing' | |
| Roxana Saberi spoke briefly on her arrival in Vienna, where she said she would spend a few days before heading onwards to the US. | |
| "I came to Vienna because I heard it was a calm and relaxing place. | |
| Both journalists and non-journalists around the world... supported me very much and it was very moving for me to hear this Roxana Saberi | |
| "I need some more time to think about what happened to me over the past couple of days," she added, declining to answer questions. | |
| "Nobody knows about it as well as I do and I will talk about it more in the future, I hope, but I am not prepared at this time." | |
| She did offer thanks to those around the world who lent their backing to an international clamour to see her freed. | |
| "Both journalists and non-journalists around the world, I've been hearing, supported me very much and it was very moving for me to hear this," the Associated Press reported her as saying. | |
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| Roxana Saberi was originally arrested and accused of buying alcohol, and later of working as a reporter without a valid press card. | |
| The spying charge was introduced later, and she was tried and sentenced behind closed doors. | The spying charge was introduced later, and she was tried and sentenced behind closed doors. |
| Following her release, one of her lawyers said she was convicted of spying for the US partly because she had obtained a classified document . | |
| The lawyer, Saleh Nikbakht, said she had access to a confidential Iranian report on the US war in Iraq - but had not used it. | |
| Ms Saberi worked as a freelance journalist for news organisations, including the BBC and National Public Radio (NPR). | Ms Saberi worked as a freelance journalist for news organisations, including the BBC and National Public Radio (NPR). |