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Iran says trial started for U.S.-Iranian journalist
	
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian-American journalist detained in Iran since late January and accused of espionage went on trial this week and a verdict is expected soon, the Iranian judiciary said on Tuesday.
    
"The first trial meeting on Roxana Saberi was held yesterday ... I think the verdict will be announced soon, perhaps in the next two or three weeks," judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi told a news conference.
    
Jamshidi said Saberi, 31, had submitted the last defense arguments on her case. She was arrested in January for working in Iran after her press credentials had expired.
    
Iranian media said last week Saberi, who was born in the United States and has reported for the BBC, National Public Radio and other media, had been charged with espionage on behalf of the United States.
    
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has demanded her immediate release.
    
The new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama is trying to reach out to the Islamic Republic, offering a "new beginning" of engagement after three decades of mutual mistrust.
    
Under Iran's penal code, espionage can carry the death penalty. Last November Iran executed an Iranian businessman convicted of spying on the military for Israel.
    
(Reporting by Hossein Jaseb; writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Richard Williams)
    
    
    
      
      
 
      
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