Embassey officials go on trial in Iran

A young French academic and local employees of the British and French embassies appeared before an Iranian judge today along with dozens of opposition figures accused of involvement in the country's post-election unrest.

The extraordinary mass trial in Tehran's Revolutionary Court demonstrates the government's resolve to discredit Iran's pro-reform movement as a tool of foreign countries - particularly Britain and the United States - trying to spark a revolution to topple Iran's Islamic system.