Iran to free jailed US journalist Saberi, says lawyer

Tehran, Iran: The lawyer of an American journalist jailed in Iran says she will be freed on Monday and can leave the country immediately, after an appeals court suspended her eight-year prison sentence.

Roxana Saberi, a 32-year-old dual American-Iranian national, was convicted last month of spying for the US and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Her case caused tension between the United States and Iran at a time with President Barack Obama had said he wanted to engage Washington's longtime adversary in a dialogue.

Iran's judiciary announced that the appeals court, which heard her case on Sunday, had reduced her jail term to a suspended two-year sentence, said one of her lawyers, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi.

He said that Saberi will be "released today."