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French nationals released from Iran, returning to France, Macron says

AL-MONITOR
Apr 7, 2026
A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris". REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025. The slogan reads "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris". REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo — Abdul Saboor

PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) - French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are "free and on their way to France, after three and a half years of detention in Iran," President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday in a post on social media platform X.

Lawmakers greeted the announcement with a standing ovation at the National Assembly.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon and Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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