Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei urges Paris to explain the arrest in France of an Iranian woman who has been out of reach for weeks, as tensions mount between the two countries. "We hope that the French government will provide access to this case as soon as possible and clarify the reasons for the arrest of this Iranian citizen," Baqaei tells journalists at a press conference in Tehran. The French weekly Le Point identified the woman as Mahdieh Esfandiari, a 35-year-old French language graduate who has lived in Lyon for eight years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES