“Free and on the way to French territory”: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris launched by Iran | EUROtoday
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The French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, launched from detention in November by the Iranian authorities and assigned to the French embassy in Tehran, “are free and on their way to French territory”, introduced Tuesday, April 7, President Emmanuel Macron on X.
“It is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families. Thank you to the Omani authorities for their mediation efforts, to the state services and to the citizens who mobilized tirelessly and thus contributed to their return,” added the French president on the X community.
According to the entourage of the pinnacle of French diplomacy Jean-Noël Barrot, the 2 ex-detainees left Iran on Tuesday “at dawn” with the French ambassador to Iran and beneath diplomatic convoy, and “are currently in Azerbaijan”.
The Quai d’Orsay is within the means of organizing their return to France from Azerbaijan.
They are “definitely FREE!”, declared the minister on
A 41-year-old literature professor and 72-year-old retired instructor, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have been arrested on May 7, 2022, on the final day of a vacationer journey to Iran.
They have been sentenced in October 2025 to twenty and 17 years in jail respectively, notably for espionage, earlier than being launched on November 4 however prohibited from leaving the Iranian Islamic Republic.
Diplomats labored tirelessly to safe their launch, in a context made much more troublesome by the conflict in Iran, which broke out on February 28.
Jean-Noël Barrot spoke on Sunday together with his counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
With AFP
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