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PARIS (AP) — French nationwide Louis Arnaud arrived in France on Thursday after he was launched by Iran the place he was imprisoned for over 20 months for allegedly collaborating in nationwide protests.
Arnaud was greeted at Paris-Le-Bourget airport by his household within the presence of French International Affairs Minister Stéphane Séjourné.
French President Emmanuel Macron posted on the social media platform X on Wednesday that “Louis Arnaud is free” and thanked Oman, an interlocutor for the West with Iran, and “all those that helped deliver this pleased end result.”
Arnaud had been arrested in September 2022 together with different Europeans.
French media reported that Arnaud, a advisor in his 30s, was accused of getting taken half in nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amin, a younger lady who died after being arrested for allegedly not sporting her headband, or hijab, to the liking of safety forces.
Macron expressed his concern for three other French nationals who’re nonetheless imprisoned in Iran, together with Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been arrested in Might 2022.
French authorities recognized Kohler and Paris as a academics’ union official and her accomplice on trip within the nation. Iranian authorities accused them of protesting with Iranian academics and collaborating in an anti-government rally.
The third French nationwide detained in Iran has solely been recognized by his first identify, Olivier.
“I name on Iran to launch them at once,’ Macron wrote on X.
“We’re nonetheless working” for them to be freed, Séjourné mentioned Thursday. “Our diplomacy continues to be mobilized. … That would be the subsequent victory for tomorrow. However right here we should be glad with an ideal diplomatic victory for France.”
