France frees two nationals held nearly four years in Iranian prison

Cecile Kohler, 41, and Jacques Paris, 72, returned to Paris on Wednesday after nearly four years of detention in Iran, with President Emmanuel Macron greeting them at the Elysee Palace. The pair said they never lost hope and plan to speak publicly about the "daily horror" of their imprisonment. Their release marks a significant diplomatic development in Franco-Iranian relations and highlights the ongoing detention of foreign nationals by Iran. The circumstances of their detention and release negotiations remain central to understanding current Western-Iranian tensions.