Bernard Phelan (64) has been held without charge in Iran since October 3rd
Mr Martin and Mr Phelan have also corresponded via the Irish Charge d’affaires in Iran. Mr Phelan has also had access to a lawyer for the first time since he went to jail.
“He is an Irish citizen being held hostage in Iran and there is nothing happening on the Iranian side at all.” Mr Phelan was arrested on October 3rd along with an Iranian colleague. He was initially accused by police of taking photos of a burnt mosque and two photos of police, which he denies. More recently he has been accused by the same judiciary of taking two small pieces of ancient pottery from a village he had visited and that the pottery was 900 years old. Again he denies all charges. No formal legal proceedings have yet been preferred against him.
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