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Iran has allowed two French former detainees to leave the country, Macron says
The pair left after mediation by Oman and will return to France, while France said the long detention ended with a diplomatic breakthrough.
- On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Iran permitted two French nationals, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country after three and a half years of detention.
- Since their release from prison, Kohler and Paris had remained within French diplomatic premises in Iran awaiting permission to depart.
- Macron thanked Oman for playing a critical mediation role in securing the release of the two former detainees, crediting the Gulf nation's diplomatic efforts.
- Members of The National Assembly in Paris applauded the news on Tuesday, while Macron expressed relief, stating the outcome benefited the detainees and their families.
- Iran's decision demonstrates how the country differentiates between nations, treating some favorably while viewing others as adversaries amid broader regional conflict.
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In the last few hours before the ceasefire, two hostages have been released from France.
·Frankfurt, Germany
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The two former hostages, Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler, denounced the "inhumane conditions" and the "daily horror" of their imprisonment in Iran
·France
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They are free. Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, the two French prisoners in Iran for almost four years, arrived in Paris, welcomed by Emmanuel Macron in the garden of the Elysée.
Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were imprisoned on charges of espionage.
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