TEHRAN, May 15 (Bernama) -- The freed United States-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi arrived in Vienna Friday and said she would reveal what happened to her when she was prepared, China's Xinhua news agency said, quoting reports by Iran's English-language satellite channel Press TV.

Accompanied by her parents, Saberi left Iran early Friday morning aboard a flight from Tehran at Imam Khomeini International Airport.

After she arrived in Vienna, Austria, later on Friday, Saberi told reporters that she planned to stay in the city for several days, according to reports reaching here.

"I know you have many questions but I need some more time to think about what happened to me over the past couple of days," Saberi said. "I came to Vienna because I heard it was a calm and relaxing place."

Saberi thanked all those who had supported her, including Austria's ambassador to Iran and his family, "who were very helpful to me and my family during this period," she said.

Saberi said she would reveal what really happened to her in the incident until she is prepared for this.

"There have been varied statements made about my case over the past few days and I think that somebody is supposed to speak about my case from now on...(but) nobody knows about it as well as I do, " Saberi said.

"I will talk about it more in the future, I hope, but I am not prepared at this time," she added.

Saberi, a 32-year-old freelance journalist born in the United States and whose father is an Iranian, was arrested in Iran in the second half of January 2009 on charges of espionage for the United States.

In April, Saberi received eight years of sentence, but after a hearing in the appeal court on Sunday, her sentence was reduced to a two-year suspended term.

She was freed from the jail in Tehran on Monday afternoon.

In Iran, Saberi had been working for various news organizations including the BBC and U.S. National Public Radio (NPR).

According to Iranian authorities, Saberi had been denied press credentials since 2006, but she defied the ban and continued journalistic activities.

Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i told reporters Wednesday that despite being released, Saberi was proven to be involved in acts of espionage, Press TV reported.

When asked about the reasons behind Saberi's release despite the confirmation of espionage, Eje'i explained that Saberi was in fact convicted and handed a jail sentence but the sentence had been suspended for five years at the discretion of the judge.

-- BERNAMA