Iran’s foreign minister will discuss the country’s nuclear program and the case of an Iranian citizen held in France during a visit to Paris this week, the Iranian foreign ministry says.
The meeting between Abbas Araghchi and his French counterpart Jean Noel Barrot will come after France backed a resolution calling on Iran to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to key nuclear sites, including those bombed during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
In a statement, Iran’s foreign ministry says the country’s nuclear program along with “the case of Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari, as well as regional and international developments,” will be discussed.
Esfandiari, a 40-year-old Iranian, was arrested in France in February on charges of promoting terrorism and later released on bail in October.
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