JOURNALIST ROXANA SABERI URGES IRAN TO FREE SILVA HAROUTUNIAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
25.06.2009 17:11 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On June 24 American journalist Roxana Saberi called
on Iranian authorities to release Silva Haroutunian, a humanitarian
worker for IREX in Iran, arrested in Tehran a year ago.

Silva Haroutounian was detained on June 28, 2008 accused for incentive
to "soft revolution". She was condemned for 3 years of imprisonment.

Roxana Saberi called Iranian authorities to release Silva Haroutunian,
who is an innocent victim of intelligence services, a news conference
organized in Paris on June 24. "I know Silva Haroutounian is innocent,"
Hadi Ghaemi, Director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in
Iran said. "I have seen final verdict and studied the legal procedure
documents," he said.

As the French journalist Jean Eckian told a PanARMENIAN.Net, advocacy
news conference for release of Silva Haroutunian was organized in
Paris after a protest rally a day before.