An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges, his family announced on Wednesday. Louis Arnaud, a banking consultant, was detained in Iran in September last year and has been held in Tehran's Evin prison. Arnaud was handed the sentence by a Revolutionary Court on charges of making propaganda against and seeking to harm the security of the country, the family said in a statement.
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An Iranian court has ordered a five-year jail sentence against a French national tried on national security charges and held in prison for over a year, his family announced on Wednesday.The French foreign ministry swiftly denounced the sentence against Louis Arnaud, calling it "unacceptable."Arnaud, a banking consultant, was detained in Iran in September last year and has been held in Tehran's Evin prison.