The Latest Breaking News from Jacques Paris

Their sentencing comes just days after Tehran suggested the pair could be released in a prisoner swap

The pair were named as Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were detained in Iran in 2022 on charges France called "unjustified and unfounded".

The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that it had dropped a case concerning the detention of two French nationals held in Iran since 2022 – at France's request. The lawyer for one of the families says the time has come for more urgent action to have them released.

The cyclist is the third French national known to be detained in Iran

France's prime minister has called on Iran not to "persecute innocent people" after Tehran announced it had arrested young Franco-German cyclist Lennart Monterlos, who disappeared in the country on 16 June.

The French Foreign Ministry has reiterated warnings over travelling to Iran after an 18-year-old tourist on a cycling trip in the country went missing, describing his disappearance as "worrying".

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has denounced spy charges against two French nationals imprisoned in Iran for more than three years

The charges carry the death penalty. However, French diplomatic sources have stated that to their knowledge no sentence against the couple has been delivered as of yet.

Two French nationals detained in Iran for more than three years have been charged with spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris are also accused of conspiracy to overthrow the regime and the sweeping offence of “corruption on earth”. All three charges can carry…