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French embassy employee freed in Iran
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-08-11 23:52 PARIS:President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says a French Embassy employee on trial in Iran has been freed from prison. A statement says Sarkozy has spoken with Nazak Afshar since her release. The statement Tuesday said Sarkozy now wants the speedy release of another French person on trial, 24-year-old academic Clotilde Reiss. Sarkozy also wants the charges against Afshar, a French-Iranian citizen, to be dropped. Sarkozy thanked the European Union as well as friends _ including Syria _ "who provided their support in this first phase." Reiss was arrested July 1. Afshar's arrest became known to France only when she appeared in court last week. |
