https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2009/05/11/iran-odd-timing-of-saberis-release/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:57:01 -0400<![CDATA[No one can but rejoice at the release of Japanese-American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi from Tehran&#8217;s Evin Prison today. I have met personally with students once incarcerated in Evin and let me assure you a stay in Iran&#8217;s most famous jail makes Gitmo or Abu Ghraib, however you conceive them, seem like the Four Seasons. The former prisoners I interviewed had faces that looked like early cubist Picasso&#8217;s from their beatings. One had had his brother murdered in a nearby cell.]]>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:47:53 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/05/11/iran-odd-timing-of-saberis-release-n217073