France calls for immediate release of Iranian-French citizen Fariba Adelkhah

Fariba Adelkhah was arrested by the Revolutionary Guards in June 2019, along with Roland Marchal, a French researcher and her partner, during their trip to Iran.

Roland Marshall was released in a prisoner exchange between Iran and France. During the exchange, Marshall was exchanged for Jalal Rouhollahnejad. Rouhollahnejad was serving a prison sentence in France on charges of circumventing US sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and was due to be extradited to the United States.

Fariba Adelkhah, a researcher at the Center for Political Science Studies in Paris, was initially arrested on “espionage charges.”

In May 2020, the judiciary issued him a non-final sentence of 6 years in prison on charges of "gathering and colluding to act against national security" and "propaganda against the system."

The judiciary finally announced a final sentence of 5 years in prison for Fariba Adelkhah in July of that year.

He was temporarily released in October of last year with an electronic monitoring device and bail, but on Wednesday, January 12, he was returned to Evin Prison after about 15 months.

The Committee to Support Fariba Adelkhah in France has also protested the actions of the Islamic Republic authorities to transfer this Iranian-French citizen back to prison.