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France Demands Return of Clotilde Reiss From Iran Protest Trial
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by Rob Walker | August 8, 2009 at 02:01 pm
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The French government is demanding the return of a French teaching assistant facing espionage charges by the Iranian government.
French teaching assistant Clotilde Reiss is among a number of people accused of espionage and encouraging protests that have rocked Iran.
The call from France comes during a second court session relating to the protests, where dozens of people are appearing in front of what is being called a 'show trial'.
The court appearances stem from the mass protests that followed the country's disputed election results in June.
An Iranian court has charged the women and dozens of others with spying and helping a Western plot to overthrow clerical rule, in a trial that Britain described as an "outrage".
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at 18:25 on August 8th, 2009
Thanks so much for this story, Rob!
at 20:12 on August 8th, 2009
There is amount of truth in Iranian allegations that Briatain and France had hatched plot to overthrow legitimate and elected government of Iran.What Iran said is not outrageous;what British thugs were doing was outrageous.
at 18:39 on August 9th, 2009
I seriously doubt Iran will listen to the French demand.
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FrederickC (not verified)at 12:16 on August 16th, 2009
t k kidwai 's comment shows a lack of understanding.
Even in Iran itself Iranians en masse protested against the election.
Talk of conspiracy by foreign powers is ridiculous as even if there had been some interest in
a corrupt and violent regime falling apart it is teh Iranian people who have demonstarted en masse. To blame for example a 24 year old French student who was simply doing University studies in Iran and who simply participated in a DEMOCRATIC demonstration is the attitude of a bullying and corrupt regime.
Real men do not bully 24 year old girls.
at 08:40 on August 25th, 2009
Every cospiracy hatched by Europeans or Americans seems ridiculous in the begining.As I posted earlier the issue was not election or well paid for protests organized in European cities,even in Iran ifilitrated by CIA and Mossad agents,the issue is Uranium Enrichment programme of Iranian government which Ahmedinejad is not ready to abandon under any pressure.
Mousvi's expected defeat has upset all European,American and Zionists' calculations.
Ahmedinejad knows well that whom gods want to destroy,first they make them friends of US.
Iranian regime is not perfect.Clergy has replenished its coffers .Corruption is rampant,voice of dissidence is throttled.But course correction is to be done by Iranians,no foreign intervention will help improve the internal situation.Let Iranian people be masters of their own destiny.