TEHRAN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi asked the United States and the Europeans not to interfere with the U.S.-Iranian reporter's case, local Press TV reported Monday.
The case of reporter Roxana Saberi is a strictly domestic matter, other countries should end hyping the issue, Qashqavi was quoted as saying.
Saberi is of Iranian nationality and will therefore be treated according to Iranian laws, he told the weekly press briefing in Tehran.
Saberi, 31, was arrested in the second half of January 2009 on charges of espionage for the United States.
Last week, Saberi's lawyer said Iran's revolutionary court sentenced Saberi eight years in jail for espionage and he had made an appeal against the verdict.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Iranians for a re-examination of the spy case against the Iranian-American journalist, saying that We hope the actions will be taken as soon as possible by the authorities in Iran...to bring about the speedy release of Ms. Saberi and her return home (to the United States).
On Monday, Iran's daily Tehran Times reported that Roxana Saberi in Tehran has reportedly gone on a hunger strike.
Iran's judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi has expressed hope that her sentence would be reconsidered in the appeals court.
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