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Paris demands 'immediate release' of French nationals detained in Iran

The two French nationals, arrested for allegedly "fomenting insecurity", have not yet been formally identified but are believed to be holiday-makers. AFP

France has summoned a senior Iranian diplomat after two of its citizens were detained in Tehran in what Paris said was a baseless arrest – as wider talks on reviving a nuclear deal have reopened, the EU foreign policy chief said on Friday.

Iran's intelligence ministry had said on Wednesday it had arrested two Europeans for allegedly fomenting "insecurity" there, but it had not revealed their nationalities.

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