Iran has put on trial a French man detained since early last year on espionage charges, lawyer Said Dehghan wrote on Twitter Monday, naming the detainee as Benjamin Briere. 

 

The French man, whose detention since May 2020 has been confirmed by the French foreign ministry, also faces charges of spreading "propaganda against the system", said Dehghan, who also represents the Franco-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah, currently under house arrest in Tehran.