Iranian cabinet Spokesman Ali Rabiei said that Tehran is ready to dispatch PressTV’s journalist Marzieh Hashemi to the United States to hold an interview with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

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 […]

The US government has released Marzieh Hashemi, Press TV’s news presenter imprisoned in the US for 10 days, her family announced. The Iranian journalist was freed after appearing before a grand jury in Washington, DC, for a third time on Wednesday morning. The Washington Post, citing three sources familiar with the case, said Hashemi was […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the detention and imprisonment of Press TV news presenter shows the US is still violating “the civil rights of black men and women”. “The US govt needs to explain how Marzieh Hashemi—a journalist and grandmother—is such a flight risk that she must be incarcerated until she finishes her […]

The second court session for jailed US-born Iranian TV anchor, Marzieh Hashemi, will be held on January 23 in Washington, the official website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported Monday. According to the IRIB World Service website, a US court in Washington, DC, will hold the second hearing for Press TV’s anchor […]

 Iranian students, journalists and people from different walks of life are holding a demonstration in front of the Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which handles the US consular affairs in Iran, to protest the illegal detention of a US-born anchor working for Iran’s Press TV by the US authorities. The protestors have staged the rally to […]

 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani rebuked the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, a US-born anchor working for Iran’s Press TV, saying such tricky measures prove Washington’s double standards regarding human rights. Addressing the Parliament’s open session on Sunday, Larijani said the US’ unlawful treatment with the Press TV anchor shows that Washington just claims to respect […]

The Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council condemned the US move to imprison Marzieh Hashemi, an anchorwoman working for Iranian English-language Press TV, calling for the United Nations’ serious action to secure her freedom. In a statement released on Thursday, the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council said the way Ms. Hashemi has been arrested in the […]

The elder son of Marzieh Hashemi, Iranian English-language Press TV anchorwoman, said he and his siblings have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in the US. “We still have no idea what’s going on,” Hossein Hashemi told Press TV late on Wednesday, adding that he and his siblings had been subpoenaed to appear […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday lashed out at the US for imprisonment of Iran’s anchorwoman Marzieh Hashemi, describing the move as a “political game”. Iranian English-language Press TV anchorwoman, born Melanie Franklin in the United States, was detained upon arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, but […]