JAKARTA - France urged all citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately. France fears its citizens could risk being arrested.
"Victive French citizens, including those with dual citizenship, face a high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention, and unfair trial," France's foreign ministry said on its website as quoted by Antara, Saturday, October 8.
France has already condemned Iran for its "traditional practices" as well as the detentions of its two citizens.
The detention was carried out by Iran after the two French nationals in a video broadcast on Thursday (6/10) were seen claiming to have been spying.
Detention also occurred amid unrest, which had been going on for weeks and accused the Tehran government of having something to do with enemies from foreign countries.
The French Foreign Ministry earlier on Friday urged Iran to immediately release its two citizens.
Iran is facing a massive wave of protests. This action was triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being detained by moral police for violating the hijab rule. Demonstration not only occurred in the capital of Tehran but has spread to other provinces in Iran. Demonstrations to respond to Mahsa Amini's death developed into clashes between protesters and Iran's anti-huru-hara police and security forces. The 22-year-old woman from the city of Kurdi Saqez was arrested by moral police on September 13 in Tehran for being deemed inappropriately dressed. Amani died in hospital three days after falling into a coma. Her death sparked the first massive protest from the opposition camp since the authorities suppressed demonstrators who opposed rising gasoline prices in 2019. While the death toll increased and security forces using tear gas, batons -- and even in a number of cases using live bullets, videos posted on social media showed the crowd calling for the ulama to disperse. The clashes occurred in Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Qom, Yazd, and in many other cities
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