US EditionIran hands two French nationals prison sentences for spying: judiciary
The two French nationals face a combined 63 years in prison on espionage charges amid ongoing diplomatic efforts for a prisoner swap, families say they are near breaking point.
- An Iranian court sentenced two French citizens, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to long prison terms for espionage. One defendant received 31 years total, while the other got 27 years.
- France condemned the sentences as unfounded, asserting that the detainees faced conditions akin to torture in Evin prison, which Iran denies.
- The Iranian judiciary spokesperson, Asghar Jahangir, stated that the charges against the defendants are baseless.
- Iran has also accused France of detaining an Iranian student, despite France's claims that Kohler and Paris are held arbitrarily.
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Espionage Accusations - France Condemns Long Prison Terms of the Iranian Regime Against Two Citizens
The French government has criticised the long term imprisonment of two Frenchmen in Iran for alleged espionage.
The two French, detained since May 2022, have just been sentenced to 17 and 20 years in exile. Their relatives fear for their health and urge the state to have them released.
France Angry at ‘Arbitrary’ Prison Sentences Against Citizens in Iran
A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads “Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris.” Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor France condemned on Thursday the lengthy prison sentences given to two of its citi…
The French Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, detained since May 2022 in Iran, where they were charged with espionage for the benefit of the French and Israeli intelligence services, "were arbitrarily condemned" by the Iranian justice system. This is what the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced on Thursday 16 October.
The relatives of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been detained in Iran for more than three years, warned on Thursday 16 October about their current situation. According to their families, who urged France to release them immediately, their "survival" is at stake. Paris denounced Tehran's "arbitrariness" sentence of the couple to 20 and 17 years in prison, evoking "groundless grounds for indictment". - Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris co…
On Thursday, 16 October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the two French had been sentenced by the Iranian courts to twenty-seven years in prison, and their families believed that their survival was now at stake.
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