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Roxana Saberi

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The Resume

    (April 26, 1977- )
    Born in New Jersey
    Resided in Fargo, North Dakota
    Miss North Dakota (1997)
    Accused of espionage by the Iranian government (April 2009)
    Sentenced to 8 years in prison
    Subsequently received a 2-year suspended sentence and freed (May 11, 2009)

Why she might be annoying:

    While in prison, she went on a 2-week hunger strike, but gave up citing 'health reasons.'
    Some in the press speculated her detainment was an attempt by some in the Iranian government to distract from the new openness between the U.S. and Iran.
    Others considered her arrest a ploy to release 3 Iranian officials detained in Iraq.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is of Japanese and Iranian descent.
    She holds two Masters degrees.
    In 2003, she moved to Tehran to open a news bureau for Feature Story News.

Credit: Black Chic


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 55 Votes: 34.55% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 40 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 58 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 57 Votes: 36.84% Annoying