Freed US journalist leaves Iran

Roxana Saberi, the American journalist imprisoned after being accused of spying on Iran, has arrived in Austria following her…

Roxana Saberi, the American journalist imprisoned after being accused of spying on Iran, has arrived in Austria following her release from an Iranian jail.

Ms Saberi, a 32-year-old dual Iranian-American citizen, arrived in Vienna with her parents and a friend early today.

The freed journalist says she plans to spend a few days in Vienna at a friend's home.

"I need some time to think about what's happened to me," Saberi said.

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She thanked those who had supported her. Ms Saberi was convicted of spying after a brief, closed-door trial in Iran and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Ms Saberi spent four months in prison. She was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court reduced her sentence to a two-year suspended sentence