Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month’s presidential election. A statement from the French presidency said Clotilde Reiss was in good health and would stay at the French embassy in Tehran awaiting a verdict in her trial. Read more here
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Iran bails French teaching assistant
Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month’s presidential election. A statement from the French presidency said Clotilde Reiss was in good health and would stay at the French embassy in Tehran awaiting a verdict in her trial. Read more here
17 Aug 09
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