Iran releases two French nationals - France's Macron says


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Nov 2025

A man holds a placard with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, during a support rally to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, at Place de la Nation in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris". REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

PARIS (Reuters) -Iran has released two French nationals held there for more than three years, French President Macron said on X.

Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, who had been detained since 2022, "are out of the Evin jail and en route to the French embassy in Teheran" Macron said on X.

"I welcome this first step, the dialogue contnues," he added.

(Reporting by John Irish, Dominique Vidalon)

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