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Iranian state TV anchor returns to Tehran after 10 days in US detention
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Iranian state TV anchor returns to Tehran after 10 days in US detention
Marzieh Hashemi had been detained in Washington DC as a material witness in an undisclosed federal investigation
Staff and agencies
Wed 30 Jan 2019 21.46 GMT Last modified on Wed 30 Jan 2019 22.02 GMT
A US-born anchor for Iran’s state-run Press TV has returned to Iran after 10 days of detention in the United States, the channel reported.
The anchor, Marzieh Hashemi, testified as a material witness in an undisclosed federal investigation, a US federal court order said last Thursday when she was freed.
Hashemi’s detention added to the tension that has grown between Iran and the United States since Donald Trump’s decision last May to pull out of an international nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
“It’s very good to be home,” Hashemi said, on a visit to the Press TV office following her arrival in Tehran.
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Marzieh Hashemi had been detained in Washington DC as a material witness in an undisclosed federal investigation
Staff and agencies
Wed 30 Jan 2019 21.46 GMT Last modified on Wed 30 Jan 2019 22.02 GMT
A US-born anchor for Iran’s state-run Press TV has returned to Iran after 10 days of detention in the United States, the channel reported.
The anchor, Marzieh Hashemi, testified as a material witness in an undisclosed federal investigation, a US federal court order said last Thursday when she was freed.
Hashemi’s detention added to the tension that has grown between Iran and the United States since Donald Trump’s decision last May to pull out of an international nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
“It’s very good to be home,” Hashemi said, on a visit to the Press TV office following her arrival in Tehran.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/30/tv-anchor-returns-to-iran-after-10-days-in-us-detention