French academic detained on spy charges in Iran: ministry

by E Wayne Ross on July 8, 2009

AFP: French woman detained on spy charges in Iran: ministry

PARIS (AFP) — A French woman was detained in Iran last week on spying charges, France’s foreign ministry said Monday, demanding her release.

“France firmly condemns the July 1 arrest and detention by Iran of a French academic,” the ministry said in a statement, without revealing the name of the woman or the university she was linked to.