French citizen Louis Arnaud arrived in France this Thursday after being released by Iran, where he was imprisoned for more than 20 months for allegedly participating in anti-government protests.
Arnaud He was received by his family in the presence of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné. The French president, Emmanuel Macronhad announced his release on Wednesday on the social network Omaninterlocutor of the West with Iranalong with “all those who helped achieve this happy result.”
Louis Arnaud was arrested in September 2022 along with other Europeans. The French media reported that the thirty-something Frenchman, a consultant by profession, was accused of having participated in the nationwide protests called in the wake of the death of Mahsa Aminthe young woman who died after being arrested for allegedly not wearing her headscarf, or hijab, according to the taste of security forces.
Macron expressed concern about three other French citizens who are still imprisoned in Iran, including Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were arrested in May 2022.
French authorities identified Kohler and Paris as a teacher’s union leader and her partner on vacation in the country. The Iranian authorities They were accused of protesting with Iranian teachers and participating in an anti-government demonstration. The third French citizen detained in Iran has only been identified by his first name, Olivier.
“I ask Iran to release them without delay,” Macron wrote in X. “We continue working” for their release, Séjourné said this Thursday. “Our diplomacy is still mobilized. That will be the next victory for tomorrow. But here we must be satisfied with a great diplomatic victory for France.”
