An advocacy group created to secure his release said at the time ... although he did not provide details. He urged French citizens to avoid traveling to Iran, saying, “They are in immediate ...

The President added "our mobilisation will not weaken" to ensure the release of two other French citizens still held by Iran in what Paris views as state hostage-taking. No further details of Mr ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for more than 880 days has ... the ministry said. The release came ahead of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, when Iran has released ...

Grondeau was arrested in Shiraz, southern Iran, and sentenced to five years in prison for “conspiracy against the Islamic Republic.” The French president also said his government would work to secure ...

Two other French citizens are currently being held in Iran. Cecile Kohler ... health and France has repeatedly lobbied for their release. "Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris must be freed from ...

He warned French citizens to avoid traveling to Iran. Last month, Frenchman Olivier Grondeau, who was imprisoned in Iran for ...

Macron vowed to do everything to ensure the release of two other French citizens still held by Iran, while several other European nationals remain behind bars in the Islamic republic. The moves ...