Saberi

Journalist Roxana Saberi is back in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dak...  More »

Journalist Roxana Saberi is back in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakotaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; after her release from an Iranian prison about two weeks ago. 32-year-old Saberi was greeted at the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/fargo-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Fargoandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; airport by a crowd of well-wishers and andamp;quot;Welcome home, Roxanaandamp;quot; signs. Gov. John Hoeven and Rep. andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/earl-pomeroyandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Earl Pomeroyandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; were among the officials who met her after she stepped off the plane Saturday afternoon. Saberi fought back tears and said she was surprised at the emotions she felt. She said it's the first time she's ever really cried in public. Hoeven called it a andamp;quot;happy day for the people of North Dakota.andamp;quot; Students and teachers from her alma mater, Concordia College in neighboring Moorhead, Minn., brought maroon and gold balloons. Saberi, who lived in Iran for six years and has dual citizenship, was arrested Jan. 31 and charged with spying for the United States. She was sentenced to eight years in prison, but an appeals court reduced that to a two-year suspended sentence and released her on May 11. The former Miss North Dakota grew up in Fargo where her parents still live.  « Less