French citizens Cécile Kohler (41) and Jacques Paris (72) have returned to France after more than three years of imprisonment in Iran's Evin prison. The pair were detained in May 2022 while visiting Iran and accused of espionage, which Paris rejected as unfounded. President Macron announced that they were "free and on their way to French territory." Al Jazeera ↗
According to the Iranian agency IRNA, the release was part of a broader agreement brokered by Oman, under which France released an Iranian student and withdrew its lawsuit against Iran at the International Court of Justice. Paris did not publicly comment on the details of the agreement. France 24 ↗
Kohler stated that in prison they "experienced everyday horrors." Paris added: "We were not allowed to read or write. Whenever we left the cell, we were blindfolded." Washington Post ↗
French hostages return from Iran after three years in Evin prison
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