Iranian Intrigue

It certainly seems an outrage that Roxana Saveri, the journalist with dual American-Iranian citizenship, is still jailed in Iran on spying charges. Some observers think she is the victim of internal Iranian politics and will eventually be used as a leverage pawn in Iranian-American relations.

 

President Obama has said he is “gravely concerned” about Saberi’s safety and well being and was confident she wasn’t involved in espionage. Notably not yet commenting officially: CIA director Leon Panetta.

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