Mahdieh Esfandiari<\/a>, an Iranian woman arrested in France in February on charges of promoting terrorism through social media.<\/p>\n“We have carried out a great deal of activity, and I can now say that we have reached the point where the exchange of the French prisoners in Iran is now approaching its final stages,” Araghchi said in a televised interview, without elaborating further.<\/p>\n
Iran has repeatedly called for her release, arguing that she has been unjustly detained.<\/p>\n
France has filed a case against Tehran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the detention of the two French citizens, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris.<\/p>\n
Kohler, 40, and Paris, in his 70s, were arrested on 7 May, 2022 and charged with spying for Israel, Iran’s arch-enemy. Their families have described their situation as increasingly desperate.<\/p>\n
Kohler and Paris are among roughly 20 Europeans currently detained in Iran.<\/p>\n
They include a Franco-German teenager who disappeared in the country on June 16 while on a Europe-to-Asia cycle trip during Iran’s brief war with Israel, and was later revealed to have been detained.<\/p>\n
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