US EditionFrench prosecutor seeks year in jail for Iranian over comments online
- A French prosecutor pressed for a sentence Friday in Mahdieh Esfandiari’s trial, seeking jail time linked to a prisoner swap involving Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris.
- Prosecutors allege the defendant used Telegram and other platforms to glorify the October 7 attack, while Esfandiari denied writing the posts and called the events 'resistance'.
- The court began hearings this week, with a verdict expected at a later date, after Esfandiari spent around eight months in pre-trial detention and was released in October pending her trial.
- The two French nationals, freed in November, remain at France’s mission in Tehran awaiting exit permission, while Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would allow their return in 'exchange' for Esfandiari’s release.
- Seen as 'state hostages' by Paris, the case fits a broader pattern of exchanges and detentions as families say convictions were fabricated and France reduced French embassy staffing after nationwide protests in Iran.
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Pursued for having fed the accounts of the Axe de la Résistance organization, the 39-year-old sees herself as a possible exchange currency for the liberation of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris.
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Mahdieh Esfandiari was tried in Paris for apology of terrorism, and his country wished to exchange it against Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the French hostages still prevented from returning to France. The judgement was due on 26 February.
The prosecution demanded a four-year prison sentence against the Iranian influencer, three of which were suspended without return to detention. The trial is scheduled for 26 February. Mahdieh Esfandiari should be expelled or repatriated to Iran, in the context of a probable exchange with the French Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler.
The 39-year-old translator has been tried since Tuesday 13 January in Paris in particular for "apology of an act of terrorism". Her case is at the heart of diplomatic negotiations between France and Iran, Tehran wishing to exchange it against the French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris.
French prosecutor seeks jail term for Iranian woman accused of terrorism
A French prosecutor has called for a four-year prison sentence, with three years suspended, for an Iranian woman accused of promoting “terrorism” online. The case is linked to a possible prisoner swap involving French citizens Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were released from jail in Tehran but have not yet been allowed to leave Iran.
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