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An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges and held in prison for over a year, his family announced on Wednesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre denounced the sentence against Louis Arnaud, calling it "unacceptable." "We call for his immediate release, as well as that of all French citizens arbitrarily detained in Iran," the ministry said in a statement reported by AFP.

An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges, his family announced on Wednesday.Arnaud was handed the sentence by a Revolutionary Court on charges of making propaganda against and seeking to harm the security of the Islamic republic, the family said in a statement. 

Louis Arnaud, a banking consultant, was detained in Iran in September last year and has been held in Tehran's Evin prison. | World News

An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges, his family announced on Wednesday. Louis Arnaud, a banking consultant, was detained in Iran in September last year and has been held in Tehran's Evin prison. Arnaud was handed the sentence by a Revolutionary Court on charges of making propaganda against and seeking to harm the security of the country, the family said in a statement.

An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges and held in prison for over a year, his family announced on Wednesday.The French foreign ministry swiftly denounced the sentence against Louis Arnaud, calling it "unacceptable."Arnaud, a banking consultant, was detained in Iran in September last year and has been held in Tehran's Evin prison.