World University News: IRAN: French academic in court
A report by France 24 said that Clotilde Reiss, a 24-year-old French academic, appeared before an Iranian Revolutionary Court for a second time on 17 November to face charges of “collecting information and provoking rioters” in the turbulent aftermath of the presidential elections in June.
Reiss was arrested at an airport in Tehran on 1 July, having allegedly taken pictures of the protests that followed the election on her mobile phone and emailed them to friends. She initially appeared in court on 6 August, as part of a televised mass trial of those accused of fomenting unrest.
She was granted bail and released from Insein Prison on 16 August in the care of the French Embassy in Tehran, on the condition that she remained there to await a verdict. No decision was reached at the latest court session and French officials say they do not rule out the prospect of Reiss having to return to court in the near future.
At the time of her detention, Reiss was coming to the end of a six month research and teaching post at a university in Isfahan, central Iran.
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