Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi could face the death penalty in Iran.

Saberi is on trial this week in Iran’s Revolutionary Court, which specializes in national security cases and will hear charges that the 31-year old worked as a spy within the Republic. Iranian officials said that Saberi passed classified information to U.S. intelligence services. Saberi, who holds dual citizenship, was in the country on expired press credentials doing research for school and was arrested after buying a bottle of wine, which is illegal in Iran. The trial is being held behind closed-doors, but will reportedly be swift.

"I think the verdict will be announced soon, perhaps in the next two or three weeks," said Judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi. "Her charge was spying for foreigners … She had spied for the United States."

The United States insists the charges against the freelancer are "baseless and without foundation," and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for Saberi’s release. But Jamshidi on Tuesday blasted the United States for saying Saberi was innocent.

"That a government expresses an opinion without seeing the indictment is laughable," he said.

Saberi, a former Miss North Dakota beauty queen, has worked for the BBC, National Public Radio, FOX News, and other media outlets. She is being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, and her parents have been worried about her well-being. Her father, Reza Saberi of North Dakota, is in Iran working for his daughter’s release.

There’s much speculation over what Iran’s handling of the Saberi case will mean for U.S.-Iran relations. President Obama may be looking for ways to open direct talks with Iran after years of no diplomatic ties between the two nations. In fact, The New York Times reports that the Obama administration and European allies may drop a longstanding American demand that Tehran shut down nuclear facilities fast during early negotiations over its atomic program.