Paris, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - 'No signs of hope': French couple mark three years in Iranian jail

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2025-05-07

With the lights kept on 24 hours a day, allowed outside for just 30 minutes a few times a week, a French couple held in Iran since May 2022 on Wednesday marked three years of incarceration in the Islamic republic, with no immediate prospect of an end to their ordeal. Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, held on spying charges they vehemently deny, are jailed in extremely tough conditions and feeling increasingly hopeless, according to their families.......

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