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Iran has repeatedly detained foreigners and dual nationals on charges campaigners and governments say are unfounded, with the prisoners only going free after months and even years of negotiation.
Adelkhah was sentenced to five years in prison earlier this year but her lawyer hopes the temporary release will be made permanent.
Iranian musician arrested for collaborating with female artists
An Iranian musician will stand trial for working with female artists, including one who lives in the Netherlands.
French-Iranian academic marks one year in Iranian prison
A French-Iranian academic has been stuck in an Iranian prison since 2019.
Iran sentences French academic to 6 years in prison
Iran authorities have arrested a French-Iranian academic, who faces six years in prison.
French researcher chronicles months of misery in Iran jail
In his first public statements since returning to France as part of a prisoner exchange, Roland Marchal said the isolation was worse than the interrogations.
Iran president expects restrictions to ease 'within three weeks'
Iran is battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East, with nearly 20,000 confirmed cases.
Iran 'frees French researcher' in apparent prisoner swap
Roland Marchal was formerly accused of 'colluding to commit acts against national security', according to his lawyer. His long-term ...
The Middle East at war with coronavirus
COVID-induced prisoner swaps, Turkey's auto-disinfecting ATMs and Egypt's mosques and churches finally shuttering in today's Coronavirus roundup.
French-Iranian academic returns to prison after hospitalisation
Fariba Adelkhah will go on trial with her long-time partner Roland Marchal on March 3, on charges of conspiracy against national ...
Jailed French academic Adelkhah hospitalised in Iran: lawyer
A French-Iranian academic who has been imprisoned in Iran since last year has been admitted to hospital, her lawyer confirmed.
French academics to face trial for 'anti-Iran propaganda'
French researchers, Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal will stand trial in Iran on March 3, their lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
French academic held in Iran ends hunger strike: lawyer
Fariba Adelkhah has ended a six-week hunger strike, that has left her with serious health issues, at the request of fellow activists.
French academic jailed in Iran 'weakened' by hunger strike
Fariba Adelkhah, who was detained in Iran in June, has been on hunger strike since December 24.
French researchers in Iranian jail petition to get married
Two prominent French academics being held in Iran's Evin prison have requested to marry. If permitted, they will be able to see each other for ...
France: Iran could develop nuclear weapons within a year
As EU foreign ministers hold an emergency meeting to de-escalate US-Iran tensions, Le Drian warned Iran could have nuclear arms within a year or two if the 2015 accord fails.
French, Australian academics jailed in Iran begin hunger strike
French-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah and Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert have begun a hunger strike to protest their ongoing ...
France summons Iran ambassador over 'intolerable' detention of academics
France summoned the Iranian ambassador over the 'intolerable' detention of two French academics, one of which has just begun a hunger strike ...
French academics detained in Iran face high-level Revolutionary Court
Two academics Iran accuses of spying have had their case referred to the high-level Revolutionary Court after the prosecution denied their ...
Trump praises Iran after American freed in prisoner swap
‘It might have been a precursor as to what can be done,’ Trump said in rare praise for Iran after it freed US citizen Xiyue Wang, charged with ...
Iranian and American freed in apparent prisoner swap
The US and arch-rival Iran have announced the release of prisoners in an apparent swap on Saturday.
Iran accuses jailed French scholar of 'collusion', says lawyer
Two Sciences Po academics remain in detention in Iran, with sociologist Roland Marchal now charged with ‘collusion’ with French-Iranian ...
Second French academic detained in Iran since June
French academic Roland Marchal was arrested with his Franco-Iranian colleague Fariha Adelkah in June.
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