Roxana Saberi was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her fast by refusing

Roxana Saberi was briefly hospitalized after she intensified her fast by refusing to drink water, Reporters Without Borders said Monday. She was released from the clinic within a day after again drinking water, the group said.

Reporters Without Borders said her father, Reza Saberi, told the group over the weekend that she stopped drinking water after Iranian authorities denied she was on a hunger strike.

The Obama administration has called the espionage allegations against Saberi baseless and demanded her immediate release. Iranian authorities have promised a fair review of her appeal.

The case has been a source of tension between the U.S. and Iran at a time when the Obama administration is reaching out to Tehran after decades of diplomatic stalemate.

In Tehran on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman called for an end to what he called outside interference in the case from groups like Reporters Without Borders.

Four of the journalist group’s members, including its secretary-general, began their own hunger strikes a week ago in support of Saberi, while urging her to end her own protest out of concern for her health.

Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi said the group’s protest was not welcome.

“Iran’s judiciary is an independent body and any foreign attempt to intervene in it goes against international measures,” he told reporters in his weekly briefing.

“This is not a complicated issue. This Iranian woman has been sentenced.

Source www.iranquest.com