Bernard Phelan, a Paris-based travel consultant, was arrested in October while travelling and is being held in Mashhad in northeastern Iran
Bernard Phelan, a Paris-based travel consultant and one of seven French nationals held by Iran, was arrested in October while travelling and is being held in Mashhad in northeastern Iran.
"He is showing serious signs of physical and psychological exhaustion," said the French diplomatic source, adding he was in a"critical state". His sister Caroline Masse-Phelan told AFP today that her brother was an innocent man detained for reasons"beyond our comprehension"."It's a question of days," she said."He's an innocent man caught in the middle of I don't know what. He loves Iran, he is 64, sick, and wants to go home."
He was travelling through Mashhad during the ongoing protests against Iran's clerical regime when he was arrested.Fellow French national Benjamin Briere, who was sentenced last year to eight years in prison on spying charges, is being held in the same prison.
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