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January 18, 2019

U.S. Citizen and Iranian TV News Anchor Marzieh Hashemi Arrested
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An American journalist and news anchor for Iran's state television
network Press TV is due in a Washington, D.C., courtroom today, after
she was arrested and detained by the FBI during a visit to the United
States. Marzieh Hashemi, who's a U.S. citizen who lives in Tehran, was
arrested at the St. Louis airport Sunday and then transferred to a
prison in Washington, D.C., according to her son. The Committee to
Protect Journalists says it's concerned about the arrest, and called on
the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately disclose the basis for her
detention for the past five days.


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