IREX Staffer Haratounian Wrongly Imprisoned for Spying in Iran

While much of the US media has focused on the recent release of Roxana Saberi after being falsely accused of spying in Iran, other cases similar remain unresolved.

Silva Haratounian was working in Iran on behalf of the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), which focuses on international education, academic research, professional training and technical assistance. Silva was working on a project to improve child and maternal health in the country, when she was arrested by Iranian authorities and charged with participating in an effort to overthrow the Iranian government through a ''velvet revolution."

On Jan. 19, 2009, she was sentenced to three years in jail. Haratounian's attorneys are now in the last phase of her appeal, as reported by the Huffington Post.

Haratounian's family has set up a web site and invited the public to sign an appeal to Iran’s government using your voice to help Silva regain her freedom.