Iran puts French woman, embassy worker on trial

Published Saturday, August 08, 2009

By Reuters

Iran has put on trial a French citizen and a local employee of the French embassy in Tehran on Saturday following the country's disputed June presidential election, the semi-official Fars news agency says.

"Among those tried today are a French woman accused of collecting information and provoking rioters and also a local female French embassy staff person," Fars reported.

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