Freed journalist thanks Clinton for support
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Journalist Roxana Saberi, who spent four months in an Iranian prison, has met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and expressed thanks for support she received while incarcerated.
Saberi stood beside Clinton as she talked with reporters, with her parents nearby. She did not respond to questions.
Saberi said the support she got while in prison gave her strength and hope. She said, "I didn't feel so alone anymore."
Clinton said she was relieved to have the matter resolved.
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Saberi, 32, who grew up in Fargo, N.D., arrived back in the United States last Friday after a week in Vienna recuperating.
She was arrested in late January and convicted of spying for the United States in a closed-door trial that her Iranian-born father said lasted only 15 minutes.
She was freed May 11. U.S. officials said the charges against her were baseless.
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