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Posted on November 5, 2025
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Iran released two French nationals citing 'Islamic clemency'. They were detained for spying and are now at the French embassy in Iran.
DUBAI (Reuters) -Two French citizens were freed because of "Islamic clemency" and are still in Iran, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told state media on Wednesday.
The French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Iran had released Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, who were detained in Iran for over three years and were convicted of spying.
The two are currently at the French embassy in Iran, Araqchi said, adding an Iranian woman freed by Paris earlier this year is at the Iranian embassy in France.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi and Elwely Elwelly; Editing by Alison Williams)
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