Iran frees French national Olivier Grondeau jailed for 880 days on espionage charges
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Iran frees French national Olivier Grondeau jailed for 880 days on espionage charges

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France has announced the release of Olivier Grondeau, a French national who had been imprisoned in Iran for 880 days. Iran has released a French national, Olivier Grondeau, who was held captive in its prison for 880 days, French officials said on Thursday. Je remercie tous les services de l'État, notre ambassadeur en Iran et le Centre de Crise et de Soutien du Quai d'Orsay, de leur action décisive.… — Emmanuel Macron March 20, 2025 “We will continue working tirelessly to secure the release of all our fellow citizens still held, including Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris,” Barrot wrote in a post on X. Macron also called for their freedom. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/s7fd0RHsG1 — Jean-Noël Barrot March 20, 2025 Iran has not yet commented on Grondeau’s release.

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French citizen Olivier Grondeau freed after 880 days of imprisonment in Iran: Emmanuel Macron
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French citizen Olivier Grondeau freed after 880 days of imprisonment in Iran: Emmanuel Macron

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“A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for more than 880 days has been freed,” French officials said on Thursday The release of Olivier Grondeau comes as France and the rest of Europe try to pursue negotiations with Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme. “All my thoughts are with them and their families on this day.” Iran does not acknowledge …

French citizen Olivier Grondeau is freed after over 880 days in a prison in Iran
6 days, 13 hours ago

French citizen Olivier Grondeau is freed after over 880 days in a prison in Iran

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A French citizen imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days has been freed and is back home, as was another French citizen held under house arrest in Tehran, French officials said Thursday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said France did not provide anything in exchange for Grondeau’s liberation. Earlier this week, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson …

France says 2 citizens held in Iran freed from prison, on way to Paris
1 year, 10 months ago

France says 2 citizens held in Iran freed from prison, on way to Paris

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PARIS — A French citizen and another holding dual French-Irish nationality have been freed from an Iranian prison, French authorities said Friday, the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring them home. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a prison in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, were heading to Paris, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said. “It’s …

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, 74 lashes for espionage
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to prison, 74 lashes for espionage

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The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-yr-old Olivier Vandecasteele to 12.5 years in prison for espionage, 12.5 years for collaboration with hostile governments and 12.5 years for money laundering. He was also fined $1 million and sentenced to 2.5 years for smuggling Dubai : Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term …

Iran jails French man for eight years on spying charges
3 years, 2 months ago

Iran jails French man for eight years on spying charges

Al Jazeera  

Benjamin Briere was also given an additional eight-month sentence for propaganda against Iran’s Islamic system. A court in Iran has sentenced a French man to eight years in jail on spying charges, his Paris-based lawyer said, denouncing his trial as a sham and the accusations as baseless. Currently on hunger strike, he was also given an additional eight-month sentence for …

French national jailed in Iran since 2020 goes on hunger strike
3 years, 2 months ago

French national jailed in Iran since 2020 goes on hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

Benjamin Briere, 36, is being detained over alleged spying and propaganda against Iran – charges he rejects as fabricated. A French man jailed in Iran for more than 18 months on espionage charges he rejects as fabricated has begun a hunger strike to protest against his continued detention, his lawyer and family say. Benjamin Briere, 36, was arrested in May …

Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah temporarily freed
4 years, 5 months ago

Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah temporarily freed

Al Jazeera  

Jailed over security breaches, Adelkhah will have to wear an ankle bracelet while on furlough. Iran has temporarily released Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has been in prison over national security charges, according to her lawyer. In June, the Iranian judiciary’s official Mizan news agency quoted a spokesman as saying that “the appeals court has upheld Adelkhah’s five-year jail sentence. …

French-Iranian academic marks one year imprisoned in Iran
4 years, 9 months ago

French-Iranian academic marks one year imprisoned in Iran

Al Jazeera  

Series of events mark anniversary of Fariba Adelkhah’s arrest as Paris city hall displays her portrait on its facade. French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has spent one year imprisoned in Iran, in a case that has intensified tensions between Paris and Tehran and angered supporters who fear she is the victim of a political battle. “Fariba Adelkhah is a hostage of …

Iran sentences French academic to six years in prison: Lawyer
4 years, 10 months ago

Iran sentences French academic to six years in prison: Lawyer

Al Jazeera  

Fariba Adelkhah is sentenced to five years in jail for conspiring against Iran’s security and one year for propaganda. Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, according to her lawyer. “The branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced her to five years jail for gathering and conspiring against Iran’s national …

Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap
5 years ago

Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap

Al Jazeera  

Release of Roland Marchal comes after Iranian Jallal Rohollahnejad is freed by France. Iran has released a jailed French researcher, in an apparent prisoner swap after France freed an Iranian threatened with extradition to the United States. French President Emanuel Macron “is happy to announce the release of Roland Marchal, imprisoned in Iran since June 2019”, his office said on …

Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap
5 years ago

Iran frees French researcher in apparent prisoner swap

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state TV said late Friday that authorities released a jailed French researcher detained in Tehran for more than eight months on charges of violating state security laws, in an apparent prisoner swap for an Iranian held in France. The report said Roland Marchal was turned over to the French Embassy in Tehran, hours after French authorities …

Macron seeks answers from Iran over academic’s detention
5 years, 8 months ago

Macron seeks answers from Iran over academic’s detention

Al Jazeera  

The French president worried for Fariba Adelkhah at a time Paris and Tehran are in crisis talks to save nuclear deal. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called on Tehran to explain why a Franco-Iranian academic based at a Paris university has been arrested in Iran, expressing concern for the woman’s welfare. “France calls on the Iranian authorities to shed …

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