– Louis Arnaud is free. Tomorrow he’s again in France after an extended imprisonment in Iran, Macron acknowledged on X Wednesday night.
The French president thanks Oman for serving to to get Arnaud launched and calls on Iran to additionally launch three different Frenchmen imprisoned within the nation. It considerations the trainer Cecile Kohler and her accomplice Jacques Paris, in addition to a person who is just named by the primary title Olivier.
– Louis Arnaud left Evin jail at daybreak on Wednesday. He was examined by a health care provider who gave the inexperienced gentle earlier than he bought on the aircraft, says a French diplomatic supply to the AFP information company.
Afterward Wednesday, Arnaud arrived in Oman, earlier than flying on to Paris.
Arnaud is a banker in his 30s. He was arrested in September 2022 whereas touring in Iran, concurrently there have been giant protests within the streets after Mahsa Amini’s demise. In November final yr, he was sentenced to 5 years in jail for propaganda and making an attempt to undermine Iran’s safety.
His household has argued that he was wrongly convicted, that he was only a vacationer within the nation, and that he stayed away from the protests that have been going down on the time. He had no political intentions and was not careless, the household has stated.
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2024-06-14 08:51:45