Head’s-up from @jaketapper, who notes that this all started when the woman purchased a bottle of wine.
Lawyer: Iran convicts US journalist of spying
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI – 8 minutes agoTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An American journalist jailed in Iran has been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, dashing any hopes for her quick release.
Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen, was arrested in late January and initially accused of working without press credentials. But an Iranian judge later leveled a far more serious allegation, charging her with spying for the United States.
She appeared before an Iranian court behind closed doors on Monday in an unusually swift one-day trial. The Fargo, North Dakota native had been living in Iran for six years and had worked as a freelance reporter for several news organizations including National Public Radio and the British Broadcasting Corp.
The Obama administration is currently attempting to get Ms. Saberi out of the clutches of the Iranian regime; which is good, because said regime has a problem with the way it treats its female journalist prisoners. As in, it’s worth your life to be one and in their clutches.
And yes, I should have been yelling about this more years ago.
Moe Lane
PS: If the Obama administration is prepared to make the quiet yet firm statement – as publicly or as privately as they like – that they’re prepared to go retrieve Ms. Saberi if that’s what it takes I think that I can see my way clear to not giving them too hard a time about it.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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Obama administration is currently attempting to get Ms. Saberi out of the clutches of the Iranian regime >>>> SHE'S DOOMED.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 8:14AM EST (link)Only prayers and Saberi’s own resilience to get out of there will save her now.
We have to help her in getting out of that savage nation no matter what.
She’s an American.
Obama does nothing but embolden our enemies
Steph C (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 8:34AM EST (link)and make enemies of our friends.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
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An American Citizen being held captive by an Islamic State....... Where have I heard that before ?
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 9:08AM EST (link)Oh yes…. my memory serves……. It’s the SAME Islamic State as before, but this time with fewer Americans at the business end of things, isn’t it ?
We even had a Democrat in The White House at the time as well.
Hmmmmmm. I’m not sure I can call a Marxist-leaning, Constitution-killing, Rights-usurping, borderline traitor and his administration just simple Uber-Liberal Democrats like the good ol’ peanut farmer and his peeps from back in the day.
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Here’s the first “negotiations” between President Fist-Pump and Iminthemoodfor Yourheadinajar…………… Let’s see how close to reality I can get…………….
POTUS: Hey Mahmoud, what’s shakin’, homey ?
POIran: What is this “homey” you speak of ?
POTUS: You, my man – Homey…. it’s a sign of respect from the ‘hood.
POIran: Dude……. like whatever…………. We will give you this “woman” in return for immediately abandoning Teh Jooooce and ignoring our peaceful nuclear program.
POTUS: That’s all you want? Hell bro, I’m starting to wipe out most of our military budget anyway and cutting off support for those of whom we do not speak will take a big chunk out of those evil Republican businesses, so you got it.
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Well, I’d better not get too political here, or my true colours may show through as a certified-by-DHS right-wing extremist.
Say a prayer for Ms. Saberi.
Evil thought: Maybe The Mossad can go in ad get her.
Obama is a weak apologist, foreign leaders know it and will be bold and aggressive.
Common_Cents (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 9:13AM EST (link)Obamatopia will invite much more aggressive acts around the world.
Pray for Saberi, pray for America.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
Not good.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 10:04AM EST (link)Anyone who thought the apologist in the oval office has made the world a safer place is completely delusional.
Will pray for safe and swift release to one who really has power.
Islamic State Sanctioned Human Shields
OneCleverCookie Saturday, April 18th at 10:38AM EST (link)is all that Ms. Saberi is. It is my observation that she, and maybe a growing number of US citizens, will be chained to one of the centrifuges in order to deter a strike against their nuclear facilities.
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Winston Churchill
I hate the notion of restricting travel by Americans,
Achance (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 1:25PM EST (link)but we certainly should be dissuading Americans from travelling to Iran and giving notice that the US cannot guarantee their safety and will take NO measures to protect them or secure their release. ‘Cause you’re right they’ll use them for human shield and WHEN this Israelis attack, the Left here will go nuts about the eeeeeeeevul Jooooooos having killed innocent American captives.
In Vino Veritas
We do...
vettepilot (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 7:07PM EST (link)Or we at least put information out there that alerts Americans traveling abroad that the environment in certain countries is less than cozy.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_920.html
“The U.S. government does not have diplomatic or consular relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and therefore cannot provide protection or routine consular services to American citizens in Iran.”
I read the excerpt above as saying “if you get nabbed, you’re on your own.”
She's doomed? or WE are doomed?
RoscoeP Saturday, April 18th at 1:06PM EST (link)Just imagine the kinds of concessions that a weak administration will make in order to secure her release. I predict that her release will make Iran stronger and America and the world signifcantly weaker in the face of new threats from this crackpot regime. We be screwed . . .
Sadly, both. nt
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 1:31PM EST (link)Iran Better Watch Out Now !!!
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 1:54PM EST (link)Hillary Clinton is “deeply disappointed by the reported sentencing of Roxana Saberi by the Iranian judiciary.”
The paper tiger roars:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a96o1A7KxhJY&refer=home