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Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released after 1,277 days in detention amid an Iran-France prisoner swap involving Iranian detainee Mahdieh Esfandiari, officials said.
- On Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron announced Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were freed from Tehran's Evin prison after more than 3 years and were en route to the French Embassy in Tehran.
- Arrested in May 2022, the couple faced spying charges Iran linked to France and Israel, but the French government and families called the accusations unjustified.
- Iran had said the release could be part of a swap involving Mahdieh Esfandiari, Iranian national detained in France, who was conditionally released last month and is now at the Iranian embassy in Paris.
- French diplomats reported they were in good health at the residence of the French ambassador in Tehran and were awaiting their definitive release from Iran.
- France had taken the case to the International Court of Justice and their Paris-based legal team said the release ended an arbitrary detention which lasted 1,277 days, closing years of negotiations.
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