Interview with Roxana Saberi
Reporter Roxana Saberi was imprisoned in Iran last year. Upon her release, she wrote a confessional account of her captivity. Saberi came by our studio recently and spoke with OTM producer Nazanin Rafsanjani.
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Columbia Journalism Review has also posted an edited, Q&A version of the interview.
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