Washington Post
13 May 2010
An op-ed by Roxana Saberi, Iranian-American journalist jailed in Iran for a time last year, states: “Iranian officials sometimes claim that the regime is impervious to outside pressure over its treatment of prisoners or that it reacts negatively to such attention. … I later learned that … silence has usually harmed, rather thanhelped, political prisoners.” And, “when everyday citizens speak out against Iran’s human rights violations, Tehran has a tougher time.” During part of her imprisonment, Ms. Saberi shared a cell with the two Baha’i women who are among the group of seven detained the past two years in Evin prison.
Link to article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/12/AR2010051204297.html