she called FranceToday, Thursday, calls for the “immediate release” of seven French nationals being held in France Irandeploring the “unjustified and unacceptable” situation.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anne Claire Legendre said that among the French “hostages” in Iran was 35-year-old Louis Arnault.
She indicated that Arnault, whose name had just been revealed, was arrested on September 28 during his visit to Iran for “tourist reasons,” explaining that he was living in “extremely difficult conditions” in Evin prison in Tehran, where he was met by the French ambassador to Iran on December 11. the first.
The French Foreign Ministry stated that Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna discussed the issue, on Wednesday, in a phone call with her Iranian counterpart. Hussein Amir Abdullahian.
“We are particularly concerned regarding Bernard Phelan, given his health,” Legendre said. The ministry noted that the French-Irish national, who has been detained in Iran since October, is in need of “appropriate medical care that is not available” in prison.
Iran has detained a number of foreigners and dual nationals over the years, charging them with espionage or other state security offences, and sentencing them following secret trials in which rights groups say they were denied due process.
Families and support committees for Arnault and other Frenchmen imprisoned in Iran, including Fariba Adelkhah, Benjamin Brier and Cecile Kohler, have called for Saturday’s rally in Paris.
(Associated Press)