Iranian-French academic Adelkhah has returned to France from Iran, says Paris university

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Supporters and relatives of French citizens detained in Iran, Cecile Kohler, Benjamin Briere, Jacques Paris and Fariba Adelkhah, gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, during a rally demanding their release, in Paris, France, January 28, 2023.   REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

Supporters and relatives of French citizens detained in Iran, Cecile Kohler, Benjamin Briere, Jacques Paris and Fariba Adelkhah, gather in front of the Eiffel Tower, during a rally demanding their release, in Paris, France, January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

PARIS - Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah - who had previously been held in prison in Iran - has returned to France from Iran, said Paris' Sciences-Po university on Wednesday.

Iranian authorities had sentenced Adelkhah in 2020 to five years in prison on national security charges. She was released from Iran's Evin prison earlier this year. REUTERS

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