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Reiss ‘e-mailed’ father on Iran protests
Reiss ‘e•niailed' fatI r on Iran protests http://www.presstv.ir/detaiLaspx?id=103290&secdonid=35 1020101 a d Aug 12, 2009 115:47 Study shows aspirin lowers the risk of dying from colon cancer. HOME REPORTS PROGRAMS DOCUMENTARY MY VOICE NEWS Iran Middle East U.S. Asia-Pacific Africa Europe Americas Business Tech Health Society Sports Home> Iran> Poltics Latest Reiss ‘e-mailed' father on Iran protests Wed, l2Aug 2009 10:13:30 CMI The father of a Frenchwoman detained in Iran over post-election uirest says he received e-mails from his daughter containing information on street protests. French lecturer Clotilde Reiss, who Used to teach at Isfahan University of Technology, was put on trial on August 8, along with some others arrested after the election. In a court address, Reiss, who turned 24 while in custody, said that she had written to the French embassy and about 50 friends or members of her family about Iran's nuclear program as well as the country's post-election developments. “My father works for the French Atomic Energy Commission. I did an internship there and for that I wrote a report on Iran's policy on nuclear energy,” she said, according to an ISNA report. She also said that she regretted taking part in the ‘illegal protests' and asked ‘the Iranian nation and the court to pardon her. In a recent interview with France-2 television channel, her father, however, said that she had oily sent him an e-mail, not a formal ‘report.' He said that the French Embassy was copied in on the e-mail. “ [ It] was about what she was living tlto u gh, but in the sense of ‘rest assured ... I am doing fine,” Remi Reiss said, adding that he had ‘hope' that she would be freed soon. According to reports posted on French press, officials working in so called ‘sensitive positions' must keep intelligence authorities informed if they or their family members make contact with or visit certain countries such as Iran, Libya, or Iraq. Meanwhile, Paris has urged Iran to free Reiss and Nazak Afshar, a French Embassy staff member who is also being prosecuted in a televised mass trial. On August 10, the French president's office said that Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on vacation in southern France, was trying to secure Reiss's release. The French Foreign Ministry has described the release of Reiss and Afshar as its ‘very first priority'. The president is following Reiss' case ‘extremely attentively' and is ‘multiplying his contacts among all those' who could help secure her release, said one of Sarkozy's aides, without releasing any specific names or details. MJ/ZAP/AKM Related Stories: French Embassy worker Afshar released Sweden summons Iran envoy over trials Iran offers Frenchwoman embassy stay Share : a Delicious g b ? Digg 1] Facebook LI Newsvine Reddit t, Technorati Note: The views expressed and the links provided on our comment pages are the personal views of individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Press TV. Mahdi Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:59:35 CMI There is no doubt that she was doing something illegal. As someone said here, it is weird someone copy embassy her e-mails when they are not working for them or has nothing to do with them. she was p to classic version I Text Only a Aspirin cuts colon cancer death rate France posts bail to free detained Fontsize: 000 lecturer in Iran US universities to exhibit Shircll calligraphies Iranian elite urged to distinguish friends from foes Hamas denies compromise on Shalit case Pakistan denies terror attacks on nuke facilities Israel ‘evil omen' in nuclear terrorism talks Asian women contract HIV from spouses Myanmar's Suu Kyi begins latest house arrest In Sukhumi, Putin discusses Abkhaz- Russian future US soldiers, largest swine flu-infected group in Iraq Canadian festival to screen Iranian films in Montreal more>> Popular last 24 hours last week last month Ban's letter to Ahmadinejad not to be publicized Rafsanjani demands prisoner rights amid accusations After 10 years, more delays mooted for Bushehr Militants have targeted Pakistan N-facilities: report Laruani to succeed Shahroudi as Judiciary chief Study: Militancy on the rise in US UK must not become safe haven for evil: British MPs ‘4,000 arrested' in post-election Iran protests Russia's ‘Star Wars' missiles defy US ‘threats' Print I Send by E-Mail French Embassy worker Afshar released French national clotilde Reiss, speaking at Tehran's RevolutIonarycourl, August 8, 2009 Comment 1 of 2 8/12/2009 11:46 AM