A journalist for Iranian state TV who was detained in the US for 10 days accused the country on Saturday of violence and discrimination against Muslims and black people.
US-born Muslim convert Marzieh Hashemi was arrested at St Louis Lambert International Airport on January 13 under a law allowing authorities to detain people suspected of being potential witnesses in criminal cases.
Back in Tehran after being released, she said Saturday the "material witness law" has been "used systematically to target mostly Muslims in America for over two decades".
"I was imprisoned and treated like a criminal under this law without a single charge," she said at a press conference in Tehran, adding that the law uses "false, flimsy or irrelevant evidence to secure arrest warrants against Muslims."
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