US EditionIran Says to Carry Out French Prisoner 'Exchange' in 'Next Two Months'
Iran will exchange two freed French detainees for an Iranian citizen held in France within two months, following espionage convictions and diplomatic negotiations, officials said.
- France has said Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris were taken as 'state hostages' by Tehran, while their families condemn their espionage convictions as fabricated.
- Mahdieh Esfandiari was arrested in France on charges of promoting "terrorism" on social media, was released on bail last month, and is now at the Iranian embassy in Paris.
- The two freed French prisoners remain at Paris's embassy in Tehran, awaiting permission to leave, while France has neither confirmed nor denied an exchange; Abbas Araghchi said, `The verdict has been issued...`
- The exchange follows a pattern of prior swaps between Iran and Western states, as dozens of Western citizens have been arrested and Iran insists convictions comply with its law.
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Iran says to carry out French prisoner exchange in ‘next two months’
Iran will allow two French citizens held by Tehran for over three years to return home in “exchange” for France freeing an Iranian citizen “in the next two months,” Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Iran, France to carry out prisoner exchange in next two months
Iran will allow two French citizens held by Tehran for over three years to return home in “exchange” for France freeing an Iranian citizen “in the next two months,” Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Iran says to carry out French prisoner 'exchange' in 'next two months'
Iran will allow two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over three years to return home in "exchange" for France freeing an Iranian citizen "in the next two months", Tehran's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
The French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, blocked at the French Embassy in Iran, could return to France when the judicial proceedings against an Iranian woman were completed in France, according to the head of Iranian diplomacy.
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