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LISA MULLINS: There was some disturbing news out of Iran this past weekend. It was learned that the government there has detained American journalist Roxana Saberi since January 31st. Saberi has been reporting from Iran for six years now. Her press credentials were not renewed after 2006. Saberi continued to file occasional features for this program as well as others. Today an Iranian government spokesman said that was illegal. Saberi's father said his daughter told him a couple of weeks ago that she was detained after she bought a bottle of wine, which is illegal in the Islamic state. He says that he hasn't heard from her since. This is The World on PRI, Public Radio International.

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