Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah, owned for three years in Iran, has come out of prison

Arrested in 2019, the Franco-Iranian anthropologist had been “temporarily released” five months later, before being incarcerated in January 2022.

mo12345lemonde with AFP

A little more than a year after his new incarceration, Franco-Iranian anthropologist Fariba Adelkhah, detained for more than three years in Iran, was released on Friday, February 10, said in a tweet. She worked.

“It is with happiness and relief that we announce the release of our dear colleague Fariba Adelkhah”, writes the institution. “Hosting of local authorities, she was a scientific prisoner,” she continues, before thanking “all those who allowed her release”.

It is with happiness and relief that we announce the release of our dear colleague Fariba Adelkhah, detainee… https://t.co/lggra2ycdi

– Sciencespo (@Scienceces Po)

Specialist in Shiism and Post-Revolutionary Iran in Sciences Po Paris, she was arrested, just like her companion Roland Marchal, in June 2019, before being sentenced to five years in prison in May 2020 for attacks to national security. She had benefited from a “temporary liberation” in October 2020, before being incarcerated again in January 2022.

/Media reports cited above.