Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi, who arrived in the Iranian capital Tehran after spending 10 days in the United States without any charge, has talked to reporters about her days in detention.
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.
Marzieh Hashemi, who was released on Wednesday after spending 10 days in US detention without charge, has spoken to Press TV about her experience and how she is resolved to prevent others from being subjected to such mistreatment by the American justice system.
People are set to take to the streets of several cities across the world on Friday, January 25, to protest the United States’ legal system, following the 11-day detention of Iran’s Press TV news anchor Marzieh Hashemi based on a controversial US legal code.
The following is a joint statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the IRIB’s Basij Center, and the Association of Muslim Journalists read out during a rally held in front of the UN mission in Tehran, January 23, 2019.
Pakistani rights activists and journalist groups have staged a protest rally in the city of Karachi to condemn US detention of Press TV’s news anchor Marzieh Hashemi.
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.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned the US for arresting Iran’s Press TV anchorwoman Marzieh Hashemi, saying the “barbaric” move is a sign of Washington’s false policies.
