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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
French diplomat visits two French nationals imprisoned in Iran
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A supporter holds a placard bearing a portrait of French teacher Cecile Kohler, detained along with her partner Jacques Paris (right) in Iran, during a rally in their support in Paris, France, on May 14, 2023. (Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
A French diplomat visits two French nationals detained in Iran today, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the country’s foreign minister says, after their families demanded proof they were alive following Israeli strikes.
“We obtained a visit today from our charge d’affaires in Iran,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot tells lawmakers, without specifying where the visit took place.
During its 12-day conflict with Iran, Israel carried out a strike on the gates of the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran, saying it was targeting “repressive authorities,” though families of those being held in the jail expressed fear for their relatives.
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