The Latest Breaking News from Bernard Phelan

Family of Swede imprisoned in Iran fear death penalty verdict is imminent

EU diplomat Johan Floderus’s sister calls on Sweden to start speaking up loudly to demand his release

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024

Bernard Phelan’s sister describes ‘unbelievable’ reunion after Iran jail ordeal

The Irish-French national, originally from Co Tipperary, spent seven months in prison in north-east Iran.

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

France says 2 citizens held in Iran have been freed from prison, are on way to Paris

France's foreign minister says two French citizens imprisoned in Iran have been freed

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Iran jails ill Irish-French national for six-and-a-half years on spying charges

Iran has sentenced an Irish-French citizen to six-and-a-half years in jail. Bernard Phelan has been held since his arrest in October in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 8, 2023

Franco-Irish Citizen Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Iran as Health Worsens, Says Family

Iran has sentenced Franco-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan to 6.5 years in prison for "providing information to another country", his sister said in a statement, adding that her 64-year-old brother was at risk of dying in custody. Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months with Tehran detaining seven…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 8, 2023

New French Envoy Demands Release of Citizens in Talks with Iran's President

France's new envoy to Iran told President Ebrahim Raisi that Tehran had to immediately release seven French nationals detained in the country, the foreign ministry said after the envoy handed his credentials to the Iranian leader this week. Nicolas Roche was pictured this week in a local media meeting Raisi…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2023

New French envoy seeks release of citizens in talks with Iran's Raisi

France's new envoy to Iran told President Ebrahim Raisi that Tehran had to immediately release seven French nationals detained in the country, the foreign ministry said after the envoy handed his credentials to the Iranian leader this week.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

Sister: Health of French-Irish Citizen in Iran Failing

The health of Bernard Phelan, a French-Irish prisoner in Iran who last month suspended a dry hunger strike, is deteriorating, his sister told AFP on Tuesday. Phelan, a Paris-based travel consultant, was arrested in October while travelling and is being held in Mashhad in northeastern Iran. His eyesight has started…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2023

Benjamin Brière, French national held in Iran, launches new hunger strike

Benjamin Brière, a French national held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike for the second time since his incarceration in May 2020, his sister and his lawyer said Monday.

France 24 · Feb 6, 2023

Paris: Franco-Irish Citizen Held in Iran Must be Freed Immediately

Bernard Phelan, a Franco-Irish citizen detained in Iran, must be released immediately and provided access to urgent medical care, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said on Thursday. "The denial of medical access by Iranian authorities is unacceptable", Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre told journalists, adding France was very concerned about…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2023