2 French citizens detained in Iran; Paris calls for their immediate release

PARIS — Two French citizens have been detained in Iran, the French foreign ministry says in a statement today, calling for their “immediate release.”

Iran’s intelligence ministry had announced yesterday that two “Europeans” had been arrested on accusations of seeking to “destabilize the country.”

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