BBC: France has demanded the release of a French academic who it says has been detained in Iran since 1 July, accused of spying.
The French foreign ministry condemned the arrest of the unnamed woman and said the allegations of spying did not stand up to examination.
The French news agency AFP says the woman is an academic in Isfahan.
She had been in Iran for five months, and was arrested at Tehran airport as she was about to depart for Beirut.
"We call on the Iranian authorities to free our compatriot immediately and allow her to leave Iran for France," the French foreign ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said the Iranian ambassador in Paris had been summoned for an explanation. >>> | Monday, July 06, 2009
