I scoffed at seeing this in the Teheran Times but now, it appears this might have happened. US Govt. is not confirming.
Reuters
Iran calls for release of its journalist arrested in U.S.
DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday called for the immediate release of an American-born journalist arrested in the United States while working for Iran's English-language state television, accusing Washington of mistreating her in jail as a black Muslim woman.
Iran's English-language Press TV said earlier Wednesday that Marziyeh Hashemi, its TV anchor and documentary film maker, was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and was being held in Washington. She has not been formally charged.
Federal Bureau of Investigation officials were not immediately available for comment.
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American-born Press TV anchor Marzieh Hashemi imprisoned in U.S., denied hijab, halal food
January 16, 2019
Hashemi, 59, has been detained on Sunday by FBI upon arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport while traveling to visit family and is reportedly being denied halal food and her hijab is removed against her will.
According to Press TV she was on a trip to visit her ill brother and other relatives when she was detained at the airport and transferred from Missouri to Washington DC, where she is currently being held in an FBI detention facility.
She and her families are denied any information on the reasons behind her detention by the U.S authorities.
More at: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/431944/American-born-Press-TV-anchor-Marzieh-Hashemi-imprisoned-in-U-S
