Reuters - France on Saturday demanded immediate release of French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah.

�This sentencing is not based on any serious element or fact and is thus a political decision,� the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. �We are urging Iranian authorities to immediately release Mrs Adelkhah.�

Iran has sentenced Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer said earlier on Saturday.

Reporting by John Irish, Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Pravin Char