Melanie Franklin, the American anchor of this network, who after converting to Islam, chose the name Marzieh Hashemi, was arrested by the agents in Washington DC, and so far no charges have been officially brought against her.
This American-born journalist and presenter had traveled to America to visit his sick brother and his children and relatives, when he was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and then taken to the interrogation center by the FBI.
During the last 48 hours, his relatives could not communicate with him or get detailed information about the definite reasons for his arrest.
Although no charges have been brought against him, Hashemi told his family members about his mistreatment in the detention center.
He said that despite his objection, they removed his hijab from his head, chained his hands and feet and treated him like a criminal.
During the last few days, the prison authorities have not provided her with any halal and Islamic food and clothing suitable for full hijab. During this time, he has lived only on bread and biscuits and is suffering due to the deprivation of full Islamic clothing
He is famous for the controversial documentary about the murder of Neda Agha-Soltan called Intersection , which was broadcast on Iran’s English-language state television called PressTV, and his name is broadcast under the title “Melanie Yvette Franklin Hashemi” in the credits. In this film, Marzieh Hashemi claims that he is an “independent reporter”, but he has the power to bring people involved and informed about the death of Neda Agha Sultan around a table, to film the scene of the murder and even see the scene from above with a helicopter. . Finally, he implicitly concludes that a member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran killed Neda Agha Sultan.
Foreign media including “Reuters”, “Huffington Post” and “US News” addressed the issue of the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, reporter and host of Press TV.
According to Isna, Reuters was one of the first foreign media to publish the news of the arrest of Marzieh Hashemi, the American anchor of PressTV news channel.
Reutzer said in his news: This American-born journalist and presenter had traveled to America to visit his sick brother and his children and relatives. He was arrested at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday and then taken to the interrogation center by the FBI. No official charges have been announced against him yet. Is.
