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Two French citizens detained in Iran since May 2022 are reportedly in good health and being held in good detention conditions, according to Iran, denying recent claims their condition was worsening.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barro has met with the families of three French nationals detained in Iran to assure them of efforts by the authorities to "secure their immediate release".

French citizen Louis Arnaud returned to Paris Thursday after being held in Iran since September 2022 and sentenced last year to five years in jail on national security charges.

Supporters of three French nationals imprisoned in Iran, Cécile Kohler, Jacques Paris and Louis Arnaud, appealed to the UN in Geneva on Monday in an attempt to put pressure on Tehran and raise awareness about the their plight.

France has accused Iran of employing a policy of state hostage-taking and blackmail as it called for the release of a French couple held in jail for the last two years.

French teacher Cécile Kohler was on holiday in Iran when she became one of dozens of European nationals used as pawns by the regime. Her sister Noémie explains the ongoing fight for her release

French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has returned to France, her university said Wednesday, after having been held for nearly five years in Iran in a case that added to tensions between Paris and Tehran.

A petition calling for the release of Louis Arnaud, a Frenchman detained in Iran since the end of September, has collected more than 100,000 signatures in two weeks, his support committee said on Tuesday. It is urging the French government "to intensify its efforts" to secure his release.

The release of Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah is final, though it is still unclear how much longer she will have to stay in Iran before returning to France, her lawyer said on Saturday.

Families and friends of a growing number of Europeans imprisoned in Iran gathered in Paris on Saturday to call for their release. The French government this week denounced the plight of seven French citizens held in Iranian prisons, calling the detentions “unjustifiable and unacceptable.” Iran has detained a number of…

Iranian authorities accuse the unnamed French citizens of spying and colluding against national security.