Iran judiciary confirms arrest of French-Iranian scholar, gives no details
Tuesday 16/July/2019 - 02:21 PM
Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of
French-Iranian scholar Fariba Adelkhah, a day after French President Emmanuel
Macron raised the issue with Tehran.
Macron demanded an explanation on Monday from Iran after the
arrest last month of Franco-Iranian dual national Adelkhah, an incident that
complicates French efforts to defuse tensions in the region.
“This person was detained recently ... but due to the nature
of the case, this is not the proper time to give any information about it,”
judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said in a live broadcast on the
judiciary’s website.
