President Emmanuel Macron announced their release and return to France on Tuesday. After more than three years in detention, they were sentenced in October to twenty and seventeen years in prison respectively for espionage, then released but detained in Iran in November.
Detained for years in Iran, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to France
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Tue 13:36 - Le Monde
The French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, held in Iran for several years, “are free and on their way to French territory”, announces Emmanuel Macron
Tue 13:42 - Le Figaro
Ex-detainees in Iran Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris “are free and on their way to French territory”, announces Emmanuel Macron
Tue 13:42 - La Libre (BE)
“A relief”: detained in Iran for more than three years, the two French hostages “are free and on their way to France”
Tue 14:18 - Euronews
Detained for years in Iran, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to France
Tue 15:11 - Politico EU
French hostages in Iran head home ahead of Trump ultimatum
Tue 16:27 - Le Figaro
Definitively free, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris return to France