Roxana Saberi, former Miss North Dakota who
competed in the 1997 Miss America Pageant, needs
your support now more
than ever!
Roxana is a U.S. journalist working in Iran, and
has been unfairly imprisoned in Iran since Jan.
31, being held at Tehran's Evin prison.
In a recent interview, Roxana's father said his
daughter told him she had met with a prosecutor
in Tehran and been told she may be in prison for
several months and possibly up to two years.
A spokesman in
the Iranian
Foreign Ministry
stated Roxana was working illegally after
her press card was withdrawn two years ago.
Roxana's father said she was arrested for buying
a bottle of wine, which is banned under Iran's
Islamic law and also
confirmed that Roxana's credentials as a
correspondent had been revoked. However, he said she had stayed in Tehran to pursue a master's
degree and was doing research for a book about
Iranian society.
May she return home safely with God's speed.
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clipped from www.missamerica.org
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