(UTV | FRANCE) – France has criticised spying charges brought against one of their citizens in Iran, calling them “incomprehensible”.
Benjamin Briere, 35, was arrested last year in Iran after flying a drone near the Iran-Turkmenistan border.
On Sunday Iranian prosecutors charged him with espionage, which is punishable by death if he is convicted.
A French foreign ministry statement said it “knew of nothing that could back up” the accusations.
It said that Mr Briere was on holiday in the country when he was arrested in May 2020.