Iran: Miss North Dakota. Free at last.

The exact date of her return to the US has not been determined.

From the Daily Mail

American journalist Roxana Saberi said today she was very happy to be free and reunited with her parents and thanked those who helped win her release after four months in an Iranian prison.

Saberi, 32, walked free after an Iranian court overturned her eight-year jail sentence for spying.

She had been convicted of spying for the U.S. in Iran. But an Iranian appeal court cut the former Miss North Dakota's sentence to a suspended two-year term - a move welcomed by Barack Obama as a 'humanitarian gesture'.  (dolt.)

Can something good possible come out of this whole magilla?  Maybe.

Reporters Without Borders, which last month said Saberi's conviction was a warning to foreign journalists in Iran ahead of its presidential election in June, welcomed her release.

'The appeal court's decision to free her can be used as a legal precedent for other journalists currently detained in Iran,' the Paris-based media watchdog said. It said 14 journalists and bloggers were in detention.

Iran denies Western allegations that it is trying to stifle dissent. The government says it welcomes constructive criticism and upholds the principle of free speech.