Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah temporarily freed
4 years, 2 months ago

Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah temporarily freed

Al Jazeera  

Jailed over security breaches, Adelkhah will have to wear an ankle bracelet while on furlough. Iran has temporarily released Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has been in prison over national security charges, according to her lawyer. In June, the Iranian judiciary’s official Mizan news agency quoted a spokesman as saying that “the appeals court has upheld Adelkhah’s five-year jail sentence. In early June, French President Emmanuel Macron said Adelkhah had been “arbitrarily arrested in Iran” and called her detainment “unacceptable”. Iran, which does not recognise dual nationality, has sharply criticised France’s calls for Adelkhah’s release as “interference” in its internal affairs.

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A look at known Iranian-Americans held by Iran as the US seeks a prisoner release deal
1 year, 4 months ago

A look at known Iranian-Americans held by Iran as the US seeks a prisoner release deal

Associated Press  

Iran has transferred five Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest, part of a possible deal over billions of dollars of Iranian assets frozen in South Korea. Iran sentenced both Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, to 10 years in the country’s notorious Evin Prison on what the U.S. and U.N. say are trumped-up spying charges. Baquer was placed under house …

France says 2 citizens held in Iran freed from prison, on way to Paris
1 year, 7 months ago

France says 2 citizens held in Iran freed from prison, on way to Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — A French citizen and another holding dual French-Irish nationality have been freed from an Iranian prison, French authorities said Friday, the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring them home. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a prison in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, were heading to Paris, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. “It’s …

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, 74 lashes for espionage
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, 74 lashes for espionage

Firstpost  

The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-yr-old Olivier Vandecasteele to 12.5 years in prison for espionage, 12.5 years for collaboration with hostile governments and 12.5 years for money laundering. He was also fined $1 million and sentenced to 2.5 years for smuggling Dubai : Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term …

Iran jails French man for eight years on spying charges
2 years, 11 months ago

Iran jails French man for eight years on spying charges

Al Jazeera  

Benjamin Briere was also given an additional eight-month sentence for propaganda against Iran’s Islamic system. A court in Iran has sentenced a French man to eight years in jail on spying charges, his Paris-based lawyer said, denouncing his trial as a sham and the accusations as baseless. Currently on hunger strike, he was also given an additional eight-month sentence for …

French national jailed in Iran since 2020 goes on hunger strike
2 years, 11 months ago

French national jailed in Iran since 2020 goes on hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

Benjamin Briere, 36, is being detained over alleged spying and propaganda against Iran – charges he rejects as fabricated. A French man jailed in Iran for more than 18 months on espionage charges he rejects as fabricated has begun a hunger strike to protest against his continued detention, his lawyer and family say. Benjamin Briere, 36, was arrested in May …

Iran sentences Iranian-American to prison on spying charges
3 years, 10 months ago

Iran sentences Iranian-American to prison on spying charges

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-American has been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on spying charges, despite his family alleging he never had a trial or an opportunity to defend himself. A family spokesman Tuesday confirmed the sentencing of Emad Shargi, the latest dual national to be held in Iran amid tensions with the West. Asked …

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