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Conditional release

Iran's ambassador to France yesterday said Teheran is offering a conditional release to a French academic accused of spying in a mass trial.

Seyeb Mehdi Miraboutalebi said on French radio RFI that Iran's vice minister for foreign affairs told judicial authorities that Clotilde Reiss could be freed if she resides in the French Embassy in Teheran during the rest of the trial.