A French academic who reportedly partook in a hunger strike alongside detained Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran has had her espionage charges dropped.
Iran has dropped espionage charges that had been laid against an Iranian-French academic detained in the Islamic republic since last year, her lawyer said.
"The espionage charge has been dropped" for Sciences Po University academic Fariba Adelkhah, Said Dehghan said. Ms Adelkhah still faces two other charges: spreading"propaganda against the political system" of the Islamic republic; and"conspiracy against national security".The lawyer said the prosecution had dropped its case against her for"disturbing the public order".
Iran does not recognise dual nationality and has repeatedly rebuffed calls from foreign governments for consular access to those it has detained during legal proceedings.It accused France of"interference" in December after the French foreign ministry summoned Iran's ambassador to Paris to protest the imprisonment of Adelkhah and Marchal.
Their detention added to distrust between Tehran and Paris at a time when French President Emmanuel Macron has been seeking to play a leading role in defusing tensions between Iran and the United States.Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert of the University of Melbourne is also imprisoned in the country.when she reportedly began a hunger strike on Christmas Eve after losing an appeal against a 10-year jail sentence.
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