Roxana Saberi: I was under alot of pressure to confess that i'm an American spy !
Roxana Saberi in speaking with Farsi news network of the "Voice of America" said:
"The interrogators told me , for not confessing, you may spend 20 years in prison and even you might be executed."
Ms. Saberi said:"At that time i was very frightened."
Saberi 32 years old journalist, after spending four months imprisonment in Iran, last week returned to America.
Saberi also said: "My decision to go on hunger strike, after hearing i was sentenced to eight years imprisonment, was correct."
She said : "My imprisonment was unjust , because i didn't want to confess and was telling the truth."
She said: The announcement by the officials that i wasn't on hunger strike was meaningless, because for feeding, they connected me to serum.She said ; she doesn't know the real reason for her freedom and thanked all those who helped her to gain freedom.
Link to this news:
http://www.voanews.com/persian/2009-05-29-voa14.cfm
http://www.voanews.com/persian/2009-05-29-voa14.cfm
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