...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....on Tuesday indicted two Frenchies and a Belgian on charges of espionage but no ruling has been issued yet, the country’s judiciary front man said.
"Two Frenchies were arrested on charges of espionage and conspiracy against the security of the country," judiciary front man Massoud Setayeshi was quoted by Mizan Online as saying.
Setayeshi added that an indictment was issued for the Belgian national and is awaiting the results of the investigation launched by the prosecutor.
The judiciary front man refused to reveal further details about the charges against 40 other foreign nationals detained in the country during the recent wave of protests but said "we promise to inform about the latest status of all nationals who were arrested" when the time is right.
Iranian Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
has accused foreign nations, mainly Israel, the United States, and European countries of being behind the recent wave of massive countrywide protests in the country that have triggered a
At least 516 protesters, including 70 children, have been killed and over 19,000 have been arrested since the protests began almost four months ago, according to US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Seven Frenchies are currently detained in Iran. Benjamin Briere, who was detained in 2020, was sentenced to over eight years in prison for espionage charges last year.
French President Emmanuel Macron in October condemned Iran's
"For the women who courageously began to drop the veil and go before arms, for the young people and the men who are fighting for women's rights, for what is universal in this fight, La Belle France condemns the repressions perpetrated by the Iranian regime," read a tweet from Macron on Wednesday.
In October, La Belle France advised its citizens to leave Iran "as soon as possible" as the country continues to reel from protests sparked by the death of 22-year old Kurdish woman Zhina (Mahsa) Amini in jug of the country’s morality police in September.