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| Iran frees French teacher on bail | Iran frees French teacher on bail |
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| Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month's presidential election. | Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month's presidential election. |
| A statement from the French presidency said Clotilde Reiss was in good health and would stay at the French embassy in Tehran awaiting a verdict in her trial. | A statement from the French presidency said Clotilde Reiss was in good health and would stay at the French embassy in Tehran awaiting a verdict in her trial. |
| President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said it had asked that all charges against her and an embassy employee be dropped. | President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said it had asked that all charges against her and an embassy employee be dropped. |
| Ms Reiss went before an Iranian tribunal in a mass trial on 8 August. | Ms Reiss went before an Iranian tribunal in a mass trial on 8 August. |
| She was arrested in Tehran on 1 July, after taking part in post-election street protests. | She was arrested in Tehran on 1 July, after taking part in post-election street protests. |
| Hundreds of people were detained after violent protests that followed June's disputed election. | Hundreds of people were detained after violent protests that followed June's disputed election. |
| Allies thanked | |
| France has demanded that her case, and that of the French-Iranian embassy worker, who was released on bail last week, be thrown out. | |
| "The French authorities now demand that the judicial procedures levelled against Clotilde Reiss and Mrs Nazak Afshar - which nothing can justify - be ended as soon as possible," the French presidency said. | "The French authorities now demand that the judicial procedures levelled against Clotilde Reiss and Mrs Nazak Afshar - which nothing can justify - be ended as soon as possible," the French presidency said. |
| Mr Sarkozy thanked the European Union and allies, specifically Syria, for their help in obtaining Ms Reiss's release from jail. | Mr Sarkozy thanked the European Union and allies, specifically Syria, for their help in obtaining Ms Reiss's release from jail. |
| Earlier on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told state television that a verdict was likely in about eight days. | |
| He said Ms Reiss's statement in court - in which she apologised for attending the demonstration - was "worked on", the AP news agency reported. | |
| Ms Reiss was on a six-month teaching and research assignment in the central city of Isfahan. |