Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens detained for "spying" in May are shown "confessing" to acting on behalf of a French security service. The video, which France's foreign ministry denounced as both "shameful" and "staged", was broadcast amid weeks of protest in Iran that authorities have tried to blame on foreign enemies.
The video released by the Iranian state-run IRNA news agency showed a French couple, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris. Both have been accused of seeking to stir labour unrest during Iranian teachers' strikes earlier this year.
