Reuters - Iranian foreign ministry spokesman on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a journalist arrested in the United States while working for Iran�s English-language state TV.

�We condemn the illegal arrest of Marziyeh Hashemi, the reporter and presenter of Press TV, and the inhumane treatment of her in jail in Washington,� Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.

Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by John Stonestreet