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Iran Releases French-German Cyclist Lennart Monterlos
Lennart Monterlos was acquitted of espionage charges and freed amid advancing prisoner swap talks involving French detainees held by Iran, which holds about 20 Europeans, officials said.
- Iran has released a teenage French-German cyclist named Monterlos, who was reported missing in June while cycling in the country, according to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.
- Monterlos, 19, has returned to France and reunited with his family, as stated by Barrot's ministry.
- France accuses Iran of practicing hostage diplomacy; two other French nationals remain imprisoned for over three years under harsh conditions, said Barrot.
- Barrot has called for the immediate release of the two other French nationals whose imprisonment France claims is baseless.
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Iran released a 19-year-old young man with double French-German citizenship, a few days after he gave up on spy charges against him, announced the French Foreign Minister, according to The Guardian. ...
·Romania
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French-German national Monterlos returns to France after release by Iran
French-German national Lennart Monterlos has been released from detention in Iran and is back in France, outgoing French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
·Singapore
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Acquitted by the Iranian justice system of the charges of "espionage" which weighed against him, the French cyclotourist left Iranian airspace on board a commercial plane in the direction of Dubai.
·Paris, France
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right8Center12Last UpdatedBias Distribution41% Left
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