Iran court ends hearing on Saberi case

An Iranian court ended a hearing on Sunday on the appeal by U.S.-born journalist Roxana Saberi against her eight-year jail sentence for espionage and is expected to issue a verdict in coming days, her lawyer said.

"I'm hopeful and optimistic that there will be fundamental changes in the sentence," defence lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshahi told reporters outside the court building in Tehran. (Reuters)