A French citizen who spent over two years in detention in Iran on spying charges was released this week, the French government said on Thursday. The government urged other French citizens to avoid ...

Iran Releases 2 French Citizens From Detention Benjamin Brière and Bernard Phelan had been accused of spying, which they denied. They had protested their captivity with hunger strikes, and their ...

France on Thursday demanded the immediate release of two of its citizens held in Iran for more than three years, saying ...

Kohler and her partner Paris, the other two French nationals held in Iran, were detained in May 2022, four months before Grondeau. They are accused of seeking to stir up labour protests ...

A French man has been missing in Iran since mid-June, France's minister responsible for the country's residents abroad said ...

BARI, Italy — French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday the release of Louis Arnaud, a French citizen who had been held in Iran since 2022 and who had been sentenced to five years ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for more than 880 days has been freed and is back home, as was another French citizen held under house arrest in Tehran, French ...

A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed. ... The release came ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when Iran has released prisoners in the past.

France's Foreign Ministry has condemned the "baseless arrests" of two French citizens and called for their immediate release after being detained in Iran. The ministry said in a statement on May ...

The French government has accused the Islamic Republic of detaining Cecile Kohler and partner Jacques Paris arbitrarily, ...