Sister says jailed French couple in Iran are at breaking point

Jacques Paris and Cécile Kohler have spent three years in Iran’s Evin Prison, accused of espionage. Their families say they are being held in inhumane conditions. AFP - HANDOUT

Locked in a windowless cell with the lights on day and night, French teacher Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris on Wednesday marked three years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. As the anniversary passes, Kohler’s sister has told RFI their situation is unbearable and deteriorating fast.

“They are at the end of their strength. Jacques’s face is more and more marked by the detention – you can feel he is dying slowly in that cell,” Noémie Kohler told RFI. “Cécile and Jacques are increasingly desperate and are less and less optimistic.”