US EditionMahdieh Esfandiari Jailed by French Court for Promoting Terrorism
Mahdieh Esfandiari was sentenced to a one-year prison term for justifying terrorism in social media posts linked to Hamas's October 2023 attack, amid prisoner swap talks.
- On Thursday, a French court sentenced Mahdieh Esfandiari to one year for justifying terrorism and imposed a permanent ban from French territory.
- Esfandiari faced charges after about eight months in pre-trial detention, with prosecutors requesting a four-year sentence in mid-January, and her trial began thereafter, according to reports.
- Observers note the conviction ties into swap talks, as Tehran says a negotiated exchange exists and highlights diplomatic stakes for France and French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris.
- Her lawyer said she will appeal, and French officials say they await completion of judicial procedures in France and Iran.
- The case unfolds against tensions over Iran's nuclear programme as prosecutors say Esfandiari condoned Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack and relatives of Kohler and Paris watch closely.
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Fate of French prisoners in Iran unclear after French court convicts Iranian woman
A French court has sentenced an Iranian woman, Mahdieh Esfandiari, to one year in prison on charges of promoting terrorism. The case is being linked to possible negotiations with Iran over the release of two French citizens detained in Tehran.
The condemnation of Mahdieh Esfandiari for apology of terrorism could facilitate the return to France of two detained citizens to Iran.
On Thursday 26 February, Mahdieh Esfandiari was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, with a definitive ban on French territory. Iran wishes to exchange his release against those French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, assigned to the French Embassy in Tehran. - Iranian Mahdieh Esfandiari sentenced in France to one year's imprisonment and a ban on the territory (International).
The judicial court in Paris today sentenced Iranian Mahdieh Esfandiari to one year in prison, with a definitive ban on the territory, for apology of terrorism.
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