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France sues Iran at ICJ over two citizens taken ‘hostage’ by regime
Relatives rally in Paris in support of French nationals being held by Iran Cecile Kohler, Jacques Paris and Olivier Grondeau on February 1, 2025. (Sébastien Dupuy/AFP)
PARIS, France — Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister says.
In its case at the International Court of Justice, France accuses Iran “of violating its obligation to provide consular protection” to Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris and holding them “hostage” under “appalling conditions that amount to torture,” Jean-Noel Barrot tells France 2 television.
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