Press TV Anchor Marzieh Hashemi Jailed In US on Unspecified Charges, Ill-treated

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Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and anchor working for Iran’s English-language Press TV television news network, was imprisoned in the United States for unspecified reasons.

In further detail, Press TV learned that Hashemi is being held at a detention facility in Washington DC although no formal charges have been pressed against her.

The US-born journalist and television presenter, who had been traveling within the United States to visit her ill brother and other relatives, was detained at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday, and later transferred by the FBI to the detention facility.

Relatives had been unable to contact her for over 48 hours, and only recently learnt about her detention.

Even though there are no charges against her, Hashemi informed family members of mistreatment at the detention center. She said her hijab had been removed against her will, and that she was being treated as a criminal. She was not also allowed halal or vegetarian food options in which she has been living on only bread and crackers for several days now.

Source: Press TV, News Agencies, Edited by website team