Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi at the Humphrey Institute

Roxana Saberi

Friday April 16, 2010

Noon to 1 p.m.

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center

Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, will talk about her experiences of being falsely accused and imprisoned in Iran.

Saberi had been living and working in Iran for nearly six years when four men forced her from her Tehran apartment one morning in January 2009. That night, she ended up in solitary confinement in the notorious Evin Prison. Her captors harshly interrogated her and accused her of espionage, a charge she denied. Weeks passed before her family and friends learned of her whereabouts. It wasn’t until Saberi met other prisoners at Evin that she rediscovered her courage and her conscience. Her cellmates included supporters of a civil disobedience movement, a humanitarian worker, a student activist, and Baha’is -- members of the largest religious minority in Iran. Through the prism of her interactions with her cellmates and captors, Saberi provides insight into Iranian society, the Islamic regime, and U.S.-Iran relations, shedding light on developments taking place today in tumultuous Iran.

She will discuss her new book, Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran. The book is the harrowing chronicle of her arrest, sham trial, and sentencing to eight years in prison, as well as stories about the struggles and courage of the Iranians she met along the way.

A book signing is scheduled after the lecture.