«Breaking News» The Latest: Iranian TV journalist not accused of crime

A prominent American-born anchorwoman on Iranian state television who has been jailed in the U.S. has not been accused of any crime.

Marzieh Hashemi has been detained as a material witness, though it's unclear for which case. 

She has appeared twice before a U.S. District Court judge, according to an order Friday to partially unseal information about her case.

She was detained by federal agents on Sunday in St. Louis and transported to Washington and has been in custody since then.

 Officials said she was expected to be released immediately after her testimony is completed, but it's not clear when that would be.

American-born news anchor Marzieh Hashemi who presents on Iranian Press TV was detained on Sunday in Washington D.C. and appeared in court in Washington on Friday

Her son, Hossein Hashemi says his mother would have been willing to cooperate with the FBI and did not need to be jailed as a material witness.

Hossein said that his mother had not been contacted by the FBI before she was stopped in St. Louis and taken into custody earlier this week.

Hashemi, his brother and sister have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury.

He says no one in his family can fathom why Marzieh Hashemi would be considered a material witness for federal investigators. The 59-year-old hasn't been charged with a crime.

Hashemi was detained while trying to fly out of St Louis where she was filming a documentary after visiting family in New Orleans

Federal law allows judges to order witnesses to be detained if the government can prove their testimony has extraordinary value for a criminal case and that they would be a flight risk and unlikely to respond to a subpoena.

The statute generally requires those witnesses to be promptly released once they are deposed. 

The order to unseal some parts of her case came days after she was first detained. It did not include details on the criminal case in which she was named a witness. Her son Hossein not comment on details of the case outside court on Friday.

'We're hoping that it would be complete and she would be out this week. It doesn't look like that's going to happen,' he said. 'So we're just waiting to hear more.' 

Hossein Hashemi, son of Marizeh Hashemi leaves federal court in Washington, on Friday. According to partially unsealed federal court documents, Hashemi, who has been jailed in the U.S., has not been accused of any crime

Hashemi has been detained as a material witness, though it's unclear for which case. She is pictured here presenting on Iranian Press TV

Marzieh Hashemi, who works for the Press TV network's English-language service, was detained by federal agents on Sunday in St. Louis, where she had filmed a Black Lives Matter documentary after visiting relatives in the New Orleans area, her son said. She was then transported to Washington and has remained behind bars since then.

Hashemi, 59, is a U.S. citizen and was born Melanie Franklin. She lives in Tehran and comes back to the United States about once a year to see her family, usually scheduling documentary work in the U.S., her son said.

Hossein said he, his brother and his sister were also subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. Asked whether his mother had been involved in any criminal activity or knew anyone who might be implicated in a crime, Hashemi said, 'We don't have any information along those lines.'

Hossein Hashemi is pictured. His mother lives about half the time in Colorado, where her children live, and half the time in Iran

Marzieh Hashemi's detention comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. after President Donald Trump withdrew America from a nuclear deal. Iran also faces increasing criticism of its own arrests of dual citizens and other people with Western ties.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists issued a statement early Friday expressing concern over Marzieh Hashemi's case and asked the Justice Department to disclose the reason for her arrest. The group's statement noted that 'Iran routinely jails journalists.'  

Federal officials have not commented about the case.

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