Iranian Journalist Marzieh Hashemi has been released from US custody
An Iranian journalist whose arrest in the United States this month under mysterious circumstances drew rebukes from the highest levels of the Iranian government has been released from US custody after testifying before a federal grand jury in Washington, two people familiar with her case said.
Marzieh Hashemi, an anchor for Iran’s state-funded Press TV, had been held as a material witness since flying into the St. Louis airport 10 days ago. She has not been charged with a crime.
“Everybody’s relieved that she’s been released, but there’s concern and anger at the way this was handled,” said Abed Ayoub, the legal and policy director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a group that has been advising Hashemi’s family.
Hashemi was in St. Louis to film a documentary on Black Lives Matter for Press TV, her son, Hossein Hashemi, had told CNN earlier.
He said he did not know why his mother had been detained. CNN has reached out to the Department of Justice. The FBI earlier had declined to comment on Hashemi’s detention.
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