Frenchman Benjamin Brière, detained in Iran since the end of May 2020 and sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage, was "
acquitted of all charges
" on appeal on February 16 but remains imprisoned, his lawyer and his family told AFP. , who denounce a “
totally grotesque situation
”.
After the acquittal, the Court ordered on February 17 "
his immediate release
", but the Frenchman, on hunger strike since January 28, "
was not released by the Revolutionary Guards who are keeping him imprisoned
”, according to his French lawyer Me Philippe Valent.