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Iran, France see progress in prisoner exchange deal
Lennart Monterlos was acquitted due to insufficient evidence, with prosecutors retaining the right to appeal, amid ongoing diplomatic talks for prisoner exchanges between Iran and France.
- On Monday, an Iranian court announced Lennart Monterlos's acquittal; he was arrested in June in Bandar Abbas while cycling a Europe-to-Asia bike trip.
- Earlier this year, France took the case to the International Court of Justice, later withdrawing the request after Paris signalled a prisoner-swap with Iran was near finalization.
- The court said it found insufficient evidence as the Revolutionary Court acquitted Lennart Monterlos, while the prosecutor retains the right to appeal, Hormozgan Province chief justice confirmed Monday.
- Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said `The decision regarding the release of these two individuals and Ms Esfandiari is being reviewed by the relevant authorities`, after Iranian officials suggested exchanging the two French detainees for Mahdieh Esfandiari last month.
- Also detained are French citizens Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, held since 2022 and accused of spying for Israel's Mossad, while Western governments say Tehran uses detainees for political leverage, a claim Iran denies.
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In Iran, the Franco-German Monterlos was acquitted of the accusation of espionage in a trial.
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A court in Tehran acquitted a 19-year-old bicycle tourist of the charge of espionage. The German francose had been arrested in June.
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French-German Youth Acquitted of Espionage Charges in Iran
An Iranian court announced on Monday, October 6th, that Lennart Monterlos, a French-German citizen previously arrested for espionage amid the Iran-Israel conflict, has been acquitted. Monterlos, 19, was arrested on June 16th, in Bandar Abbas while cycling alone across Iran during the third day of the 12-day-war between Iran and Israel. His family insisted he was innocent and the charges were never officially disclosed. The decision comes as Iran…
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