Iran Press/Iran news: Speaking in a press conference on Saturday, Marzieh Hashemi, a journalist and news anchor working for Iran's English-language Press TV television channel said that America and other countries in the West are systematically targeting Muslims and black people which institutionally raises an Islamophobic policies and laws.
According to Iran Press, Marzieh Hashemi who has recently returned to Iran after a short trip to United States in which she was imprisoned for 10 days, added that fascism is at the door of Muslim communities in the West, who are at great risk.
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"I was a journalist with access to media and a strong legal team, but I want to use this opportunity not to focus on me, but to focus on all those who do not have the same voice as me. I want to highlight the message I was told by the Muslims in the West, so we can have a better understanding of each other," Hashemi said.
According to Hashemi, the grassroots community specially from the black and Muslim communities, and especially young people mobilized to campaign against Hashemi's detention in an unprecedented way.
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She continued: "I hope our Islamic centers and leaders in the West can take a lesson from the young people who have not been afraid to be politically active. I am an African American and [I] have been a journalist and political activist for decades. My husband was Iranian and I have lived in Iran for many years. I have gotten to know Iran very well and learn to love Iran and the diversity of the Iranian people."
Hashemi added: "What happened to me, tells the story about Iran and the West. I was targeted because I live and work in Iran, but the laws that were used against me are those that are used against black and Muslim people across the West. What we need to do together is the push for human rights and respect for people but not through the false narrative of America."
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Hashemi was released on January 23 after 10 days of detention at a Washington, D.C. facility.
On Jan 13, 2019, US-born Marzieh Hashemi was detained in St. Louis Lambert International Airport after coming to the country to visit her family.
She was brought to Washington, D.C. where she appeared before a jury as a witness in an undisclosed case.
Hashemi has lived in Iran since 1982 and worked for Press TV since 2008.
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