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Two French detainees released by Iran arrive back in Paris

Benjamin Brière, a French tourist who was accused of spying and imprisoned by the Iranian authorities in 2020, and Bernard Phelan, a travel consultant who holds joint French and Irish nationality and who was imprisoned in October 2022 on similar charges, arrived in Paris on Friday evening, weakened by their several hunger strikes to protest their innocence.

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Two French citizens detained by Iran were released on Friday on humanitarian grounds and made their way back to France, reports The New York Times.

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Since January 7, 2023 our colleague and friend Mortaza Behboudi has been imprisoned in Afghanistan, in the Taliban prisons.

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