Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced Benjamin Brière to eight years in prison on espionage charges, his family and Paris-based lawyer said Tuesday, arguing that Tehran was using him as a "hostage…
An Iranian court has sentenced a French man to eight years in prison on spying charges, his family and Paris-based lawyer said on January 25, arguing that Tehran was using him as a “hostage” in talks with the West. Benjamin Briere, 36, is the only Western detainee known to be currently held in Iran who does not also hold an Iranian passport.
A Frenchman detained in Iran and hunger striking to protest his treatment has been sentenced to eight years in prison on what his lawyer insisted Tuesday are trumped up espionage and propaganda charges. Benjamin Brière, 36, was arrested in May 2020 after taking pictures in a desert area where photography is prohibited and asking questions…