Activists say hopes dashed for extension of leave or for sentence to be converted to house arrest; furlough ends as Tehran looks over EU proposal for return to 2015 nuclear deal
A French-Iranian academic held in Iran for the past three years in a case that has raised tensions between Tehran and Paris has returned to prison after a brief furlough, her supporters said.Fariba Adelkhah was last week allowed to leave Tehran's Evin prison for five days.Hopes that the measure may be extended were not fulfilled, her support group said in a statement published late Sunday."Unfortunately, Fariba's five-day leave was not extended, or transformed into house arrest," it said. "It gave her a break, but it's still bad news."
A French-Iranian academic held in Iran for the past three years in a case that has raised tensions between Tehran and Paris has returned to prison after a
Iranian authorities have allowed a French-Iranian academic held in the country for the last three years to take brief leave from prison, her supporters said on Tuesday.Fariba Adelkhah has been given a five-day furlough, which can be extended, from Tehran's Evin prison where she is being held in a case that has raised tensions between Tehran and Paris, a statement from her support group said.
Furlough comes days after world powers returned to Vienna in last-ditch effort to save Iran nuclear deal; activists see Fariba Adelkhah's jailing as hostage diplomacy by Tehran