France Elysee Clotılde Reıss

epa02159296 23-year-old French university teaching assistant , Clotilde Reiss leaves with French FM Bernard Kouchner ( R ) , the Elysee Palace , Paris , France , 16 May 2010 at the end of a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy . Clotilde Reiss who was arrested on 1st  July 2009 at Tehran airport on spying charges  spent the bulk of the last year in Iranian detention , reported the French government . A sentence of 10 years was commuted 15 May to a fine of 3 billion rials ( 300 , 000 dollars ) , the ISNA news agency reported . Iranian authorities had promised to return Reis ' passport 16 May following  payment of the fine .  EPA/LUCAS DOLEGA