Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, arrived in Tehran after she was jailed in the US without charge for days and later freed amid public outcry. Hashemi arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday night and was welcomed by her relatives and colleagues, Press TV reported. The […]
Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, arrived in Tehran after she was jailed in the US without charge for days and later freed amid public outcry.
Hashemi arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Wednesday night and was welcomed by her relatives and colleagues, Press TV reported.
The journalist, a 59-year-old American-born Muslim convert who has lived in Iran for years, was detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in Missouri on January 13 while in the US to visit her ill brother and other family members.
The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)’s World Service said the release of Hasehmi marked a victory for the freedom-seeking and a setback for the US.
Hashemi was released on January 23 after some 10 days of detention without charge at a facility in Washington, D.C.
A US federal court failed to indict the journalist, who was arrested as a material witness and in an unspecified criminal proceeding, of any crime.
Hashemi’s detention prompted condemnation in the US and abroad, sparking rallies in several countries, including the United States.
