An Iranian filmmaker, who said he is engaged to the American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S., defended his fiancee as innocent in an open letter and begged Iranian authorities to release her.
The letter by Bahman Ghobadi, circulated by an Iranian human rights group, described 31-year-old Roxana Saberi as an intelligent, hardworking reporter who spent virtually all her time doing research. He also said she had long wanted to leave Iran, but stayed for him.
Saberi's father, who lives in Fargo but is in Iran to seek her release, said he could not confirm that Ghobadi was Saberi's fiance. Reza Saberi would not elaborate, and it was …
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