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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: French lecturer and embassy staffers go on trial in Iran AFP - Sunday, August 9 TEHRAN (AFP) - - A French lecturer and two Iranian employees of the British and French embassies unexpectedly appeared among defendants in a mass trial hearing in an Iranian court on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT Along with around 10 other people, they faced charges linked to protests which followed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 presidential election, Iranian news agencies said. The French foreign ministry called for the "immediate release" of the lecturer and the embassy staff member, while British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said the trial was the "latest Iranian provocation." French academic Clotilde Reiss, who turned 24 in Tehran's notorious Evin prison on July 31, was arrested on July 1 as she tried to fly home. "She is accused of collecting information and provoking rioters," the prosecution was quoted as saying as Reiss, wearing blue jeans, dark coat and a colourful scarf, sat in the front row with a policewoman alongside. Fellow defendant Nazak Afshar, from the French embassy's cultural section, was also in court. The hearing was not open to foreign media. State television said both Reiss and Afshar played an "active role in the unrest by giving information to foreign embassies." IRNA news agency said Reiss admitted reporting on post-election protests in the central city of Isfahan. "I wrote a one-page report and submitted it to... the cultural department of the French embassy," it quoted her as telling the judge. "I was planning to leave Iran, but I took part in rallies of June 15 and 17 in Tehran and took photographs and film. I did this out of curiosity and to be aware of the political situation. I wanted to know what was happening." ISNA news agency quoted Reiss as saying she sent emails about the demonstrations to friends and family members. The report quoted her as telling the judge: "I ask Iran, its people and the court to forgive me. I hope I will be pardoned." Afshar told the court that she and other staffers had been told to shelter post-election protesters, IRNA said. "In the event that confrontations occurred in front of the cultural department of the embassy, we were told to offer refuge to protesters if they asked." Also facing charges was British embassy local staffer Hossein Rassam who was detained in Tehran along with eight embassy colleagues. They were later freed, while he was released on bail. IRNA said he was accused of spying. "You along with Arash Momenian were given the duty of meeting representatives of political groups, ethnic and religious minorities, and student groups and to relay the news of Iran's riots to London," the news agency quoted the prosecutor as saying. Rassam was quoted as telling the court: "The victory of Mr. Ahmadinejad was shocking for the British embassy, and in our first report to London we stressed claims made by one candidate about fraud" in the election. He was reported as saying that British diplomats, including two expelled later, had attended protests in Tehran and that "the ambassador along with the charge d'affaires took part in witnessing a rally of Mousavi supporters." Both Ahmadinejad's main challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi and reformist former president Mohammad Khatami have denounced the trials. The EU presidency urged Iran to release Reiss, Afshar and Rassam soon, calling their trial an act against the whole European Union. "Actions against one EU country, citizen or embassy staff is considered an action against all of EU, and will be treated accordingly," the Swedish EU presidency said in a statement. Miliband said Rassam's trial was the "latest Iranian provocation" since the disputed presidential election and he was "deeply concerned by the unjustified charges." The French foreign ministry called for the "immediate release" of Reiss and Afshar, saying the charges against Reiss are "devoid of any foundation" and those against Afshar are "non-existent". In France, Reiss's father Remi was taken unawares by her appearance in court. "I had not been told. I was surprised to see her appear at this trial," he said, adding that he believes she is innocent. It was the second mass hearing of cases brought following the protests after Ahmadinejad's hotly-disputed victory. A number of key reformist politicians and journalists were among some 100 defendants charged at the first hearing on August 1 with various offences, including rioting. Reiss and the two embassy staffers were not present in court then. The judge said on Saturday that the date for the next hearing will be announced later, ISNA reported. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: World Peru's Fujimori to face another trial in SeptemberAFP - Saturday, August 8 Afghan mission could last 40 years: new army chiefAFP - Sunday, August 9 Angry Americans disrupt town-hall healthcare talksReuters - Saturday, August 8 AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDTAP - Saturday, August 8 Salmonella product recallsAP - Saturday, August 8 Enlarge Photo Detained French lecturer Clotilde Reiss defends herself during a hearing at a revolutionary court in Tehran. 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