Held in Iran

A grad student from Los Angeles, was arrested and thrown in jail in Iran on October 15th.  She was in Iran working on a thesis on women's struggles.  (She is a dual citizen of Iran and U.S.) She was pulled over in her car by the police, thinking she was being  stopped for a driving violation.  Instead she was forced to lead them to where she was living, where they searched her belongings and confiscated her computer which contained video footage for her study.  

In a video newscast on the Los Angeles Times website, the reporter said that the woman's family was told by officials that if they didn't go to press she would be released soon.  Yet she still hasn't been released as of now and hasn't been able to have contact with anyone.  The embassy said that she may be being tortured.

I think that its interesting that the Iranian police/administration told her family that she'd be released soon if no press would find out.  What could they be doing that would look bad in the press? Are they doing something illegal or against their rules?  The international press surely would think differently than the national press too.  

The fact that this woman is detained is thought of as a terrible thing to us in the United States, but the media in Iran most likely isn't thinking the same.  They may think its a good thing, to check her out to see if she's a threat or something.  Still there are many, many women who are upset because of the treatment she's getting in the country.