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| Further trials over Iran protests | |
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| The Iranian authorities have put more people on trial who were arrested over violent protests following the disputed presidential election in June. | |
| Those appearing in court include a French language teacher and an Iranian who worked for the British embassy. | |
| Last week more than 100 people appeared in court in Tehran on charges including conspiracy. Several leading reformers were among the detainees. | |
| Opposition leaders have dismissed the proceedings as "show trials". | |
| "The trial session of the second group of those accused of being involved in post-election unrest started this morning," the semi-official Fars news agency said. | "The trial session of the second group of those accused of being involved in post-election unrest started this morning," the semi-official Fars news agency said. |
| 'Provoking rioters' | 'Provoking rioters' |
| Irna news agency said French national Clotilde Reiss "is accused of collecting information and provoking rioters". | |
| It added that a female Iranian employee of the French embassy, named as Ashfar, was also appearing in the dock. | It added that a female Iranian employee of the French embassy, named as Ashfar, was also appearing in the dock. |
| Ms Reiss, 24, was stopped on 1 July as she prepared to leave Tehran, having spent five months as a university teaching assistant. | |
| Hundreds were detained in violent protests that followed June's election | Hundreds were detained in violent protests that followed June's election |
| She was visited in prison by the French ambassador to Iran who said she was in good health. France says the allegations against her are "absolutely baseless". | She was visited in prison by the French ambassador to Iran who said she was in good health. France says the allegations against her are "absolutely baseless". |
| Rights groups say that hundreds of people including reformist politicians, journalists, activists and lawyers, have been detained in Iran since the election. | Rights groups say that hundreds of people including reformist politicians, journalists, activists and lawyers, have been detained in Iran since the election. |
| The poll saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returned to power, but opposition leaders insist the election was rigged. | The poll saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad returned to power, but opposition leaders insist the election was rigged. |
| In last week's trials, some of those in the dock made public confessions, saying they had made up their complaints against the elections to provoke unrest. | In last week's trials, some of those in the dock made public confessions, saying they had made up their complaints against the elections to provoke unrest. |
| 'Nothing illegal' | |
| However, Iran's Prosecutor General, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi, has said that confessions will not be the sole basis for the prosecution of suspects. | However, Iran's Prosecutor General, Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi, has said that confessions will not be the sole basis for the prosecution of suspects. |
| "The judicial system will base its ruling on the suspects' files and the evidence presented at courts," Irna quoted him as saying on Thursday. | "The judicial system will base its ruling on the suspects' files and the evidence presented at courts," Irna quoted him as saying on Thursday. |
| He denied that the confessions were extracted using illegal measures. | He denied that the confessions were extracted using illegal measures. |
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