According to the AP, Saberi, a dual-citizen of both Iran and the United States, was detained last month by the Iranian government. She is currently being held in a prison north of Iran's capital city of Tehran. The government has refused to disclose details on her arrest, including reasoning as to why she was detained in the first place. Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hasan Qashqavi said Monday that Saberi was engaged in "illegal" activities because she continued working in Iran after the government revoked her press credentials in 2006. Saberi's father, Reza, has said his daughter told him in a Feb. 10 phone call that she was detained after buying a bottle of wine.
The AP joins top new officials at NPR, ABC, BBC, PBS, The Wall Street Journal and the Fox News Channel, all of whom have made the same demand. This just shows another reason why Iran has scored so poorly in press freedom surveys around the world.
-Ryan Simmons (Iran)
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