This is how Iran returns foreign goodwill, said The Wall Street Journal in an editorial. As President Obama tries to repair relations with the Islamic republic, Tehran has arrested Roxana Saberi, a U.S.-born journalist of Iranian descent, and accused her of espionage. “Saberi's prosecution is as good an indication as any of the real nature of the regime, and of how the mullahs intend to reciprocate Obama's open handshake.”
This might sound callous, said Shamael Al-Sharikh in the Kuwait Times, but “any journalist who travels to Iran without having sufficient legal cover is asking for trouble.” Saberi, 31, knew how severely the Iranian government deals with journalists who “question its methods.” Now all the rest of us can do is hope she is treated fairly and sent safely home.
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