TEHRAN: Iranian prosecutors have confirmed a French national held in the Islamic republic will be tried for espionage, his lawyer said Sunday, days after the detainee’s sister appealed to France’s president to intervene. Benjamin Briere, born in 1985, was arrested in Iran in May 2020, allegedly while flying a drone and taking photographs in a prohibited area. A conviction of
Iran charges detained French tourist with spying; UK national faces second trial
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15/03/2021 - 16:07 In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo, Richard Ratcliffe, husband of imprisoned charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, stands outside the Iranian Embassy in London. AP - Alastair Grant 5 min Iran has charged a French tourist with spying and “spreading propaganda against the system,” his lawyer said Monday. This is the latest in a series of cases against foreigners at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West. In a separate case, a British-Iranian national who was recently released from a five-year jail sentence, is now facing a new trial.
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