France accused Iran of “dictatorial practices” and the hostage-taking of two of its nationals earlier this month after a video was released showing the two confessing to being spies
The Iranian authorities have made more arrests “in the case of the French spies”the spokesman for Iran’s judiciary announced today, saying the newly arrested are accused of “conspiracy” aimed at harming national security.
France accused Iran of “dictatorial practices” and the hostage-taking of two of its nationals earlier this month after a video was released showing the two confessing to being spies.
France has condemned their arrest and called for their immediate release.
The representative of the Iranian judiciary Massoud Setagesi, during his weekly press conference, he did not say how many more arrests had been made in the “French spy case” or give information on their nationalities.
“In this case, other arrests have been made and the chain of intelligence is going to be completed and announced when that is done,” he said, adding that the investigation was proceeding at a fast pace.
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced in May that he arrested two Europeans who were allegedly fomenting “insecurity” in Iran, where protests have been taking place since the death of Mahsha Amini in police custody last month.
Iran’s state media often broadcasts alleged confessions of suspects in politically charged cases.
In the video released earlier this month, one of the two hostages, Cecile Kohler, said she and the other hostage were in Iran to “prepare the ground for the revolution and the overthrow of the Islamic Iranian regime.”
The video sparked outrage in Paris with the foreign ministry declaring for the first time that the two citizens along with two others, also held in Iran, were “hostages of the state”. The ministry announced that the alleged confessions were obtained under threat, are baseless and do not state any reasons for their arbitrary arrest.
Iran has repeatedly accused third countries with which it has hostile relations, such as the US and Israel, of inciting the riots that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Amini, who was arrested for not wearing her hijab properly.
Her death and the authorities’ bloody crackdown on protesters have led many Western countries to condemn Tehran and impose new sanctions on Iranian officials, further straining their diplomatic relations.
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