France Demands Release of Citizens Held in Iran After Tehran Floats Prisoner Swap
PARIS, Sept 12 (Reuters) - France reiterated its demands on Friday for the immediate, unconditional release of three French citizens held in Iran, declining to comment on a possible prisoner swap mentioned this week by the Iranian foreign...
Britons Held in Iran Lose Appeal Against 10-Year Prison Term, Family Says
LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - A British couple held in Iran have lost their appeal against a 10-year prison sentence, their family said on Tuesday, adding that the pair were not allowed to attend the hearing and had...
Iran Frees Two French Nationals From Prison, Macron Says
PARIS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Iran has released two French nationals imprisoned there for more than three years, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday, in an apparent exchange for an Iranian student who was conditionally freed in October.
Cecile Kohler...
Iranian Court Gives Lengthy Jail Sentences to Two French Citizens on Spying Charges
DUBAI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - An Iranian lower court handed heavy prison sentences to two French citizens charged with spying for France and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday, a week after Paris...
French Nationals Freed From Detention In Iran, Returning To France, Macron Says
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are "free and on their way to France after three and a half years of detention in Iran", President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday in...
Italian Journalist Sala Freed From Iran Prison, Returns Home
By Crispian Balmer
ROME, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran on Wednesday and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a reporting trip.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign...
France Seeks to Raise Pressure on Iran Over Couple’s Detention
PARIS, May 7 (Reuters) - Supporters of two French citizens held in Iran for three years staged rallies on Wednesday to demand their release as France's foreign ministry said it would soon file a legal complaint against Tehran...
European Parliament Backs the Protest Movement, Passes Resolution Urging Blacklisting of IRGC
By Kayhan Life Staff
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Jan. 18 urging the European Council to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—along with its Basij militia and Quds Force—to the European Union terrorist...
Two Men Sentenced to 25 Years over Iran-Backed Plot to Kill Dissident
By Jack Queen
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Two men convicted of murder-for-hire charges were each sentenced in New York on Wednesday to 25 years in prison over what prosecutors called a failed Tehran-backed plot to kill an Iranian dissident living in the...
OPINION: UK Decision to Proscribe the IRGC Is Welcome
By Sarah Sackman / Member of Parliament for Finchley and Golders Green
For many members of Finchley and Golders Green’s Iranian community, the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is not an...
