well we have heard widespread outrage about the ongoing detention of marzio hashmi now we have heard officially from the foreign ministry of the islamic republic of iran iran's foreign minister job he'd zarif has actually spoken up in support of the journalist who works for an iranian media outlet press t.v. this is what job he'd zarif has said that she is a famous children because she's done nothing but journalism. oh mrs. got a front to freedom of expression a political abuse of an innocent individual. i believe you should review if you go through the debate. now the outrage is spread far beyond simply iran there has been outrage across the planet and for many international journalistic organizations the committee to protect journalists has spoken up on behalf of marzio hashmi and we've also heard from the international federation of journalists there have been various international free press organizations that have voiced extreme concern about the case in which someone a journalist has been arrested and is being held without any charges and without the reason for their being deta

today there are protesters speaking up in support of marzio hashmi and beyond that on friday there is a planned national day of action with protests taking place in cities across the country such as washington d.c. and new york so it's really created a firestorm the fact that this journalist who works for the iranian network press t.v. but has a u.s. born citizen born in louisiana the fact that she has been held without charges and there's no indication exactly when she will be released she just being held as a material witness the actual reasons for detention are rather unclear the fact that this is taken place has just created an international firestorm ok thank you kind of kind of welcome there in the united states. i think i will news network c.n.n. meanwhile is expanding into new markets opening a portuguese language station in brazil but the same heading the operation is raising more than a few eyebrows. presumes donald trump extreme views on a variety of things telling a congresswoman she was not pretty enough to really express. like. a military dictatorship. this isn't. some p