Iran using war to cover up executions of political dissidents, activist claims<\/a><\/h4>\nIranian activist Sheyda Rahbari details the surge in executions of political dissidents by the terrorist Islamic regime. She notes the regime’s increasing pressure on its people, openly threatening them with arrest and execution. Rahbari cites the execution of an 18-year-old protestor, Amir Hussein Hamedi, as a heartbreaking example of the regime’s brutality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nNEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\nFrench nationals C\u00e9cile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released by Iran on Tuesday after “three and a half years of detention,” President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> announced.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe pair, who were arrested in May 2022 while visiting Iran<\/a>, were accused by Iranian state television of being spies who sought to stir up unrest, according to Reuters.<\/u><\/a> France previously denounced their detention as unjustified and unfounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n“C\u00e9cile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to French territory, after three and a half years of detention in Iran. This is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families,” Macron wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Thank you to the Omani authorities for their mediation efforts, to the State services, and to the citizens who mobilized tirelessly and thus contributed to their return,” he added.<\/p>\n
SON OF BRITISH COUPLE DETAINED IN IRAN ‘LET DOWN’ BY STARMER’S LEADERSHIP ON PARENT’S IMPRISONMENT AMID WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1200\/675\/cecile-kohler-jacques-paris-paris-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1\")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nA woman walks past posters of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, during support rallies outside the National Assembly in Paris on May 7, 2025, marking their three-year detention and demanding their release.<\/span> (Abdul Saboor\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran described Kohler<\/u><\/a> as the head of a federation of teachers unions in France, with Paris being her partner.\u00a0<\/p>\nFrance\u2019s foreign ministry said last May that Kohler and Paris were being detained as “state hostages by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
AFGHANISTAN FREES US CITIZEN DENNIS COYLE OVER A YEAR AFTER TALIBAN ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n![\"French](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/emmanuel-macron-of-france.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference on July 10, 2025, in London, England.<\/span> (Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“They are being held in shameful conditions and have been able to\u00a0receive\u00a0only four consular visits<\/a>, under very restrictive conditions,” the ministry said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\nIranian authorities freed the pair from prison in November but\u00a0didn’t\u00a0let them leave the country, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n\n\nNoemie Kohler, sister of Cecile Kohler, and Anne-Laure Paris, daughter of Jacques Paris, attend a press conference in Paris, France, on June 27, 2025. Both are relatives of French citizens held in Iran.<\/span> (Benoit Tessier\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n French nationals C\u00e9cile Kohler and Jacques Paris were released by Iran on Tuesday after “three and a half years of detention,” President Emmanuel Macron<\/a> announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n The pair, who were arrested in May 2022 while visiting Iran<\/a>, were accused by Iranian state television of being spies who sought to stir up unrest, according to Reuters.<\/u><\/a> France previously denounced their detention as unjustified and unfounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n “C\u00e9cile Kohler and Jacques Paris are free and on their way to French territory, after three and a half years of detention in Iran. This is a relief for all of us and obviously for their families,” Macron wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Thank you to the Omani authorities for their mediation efforts, to the State services, and to the citizens who mobilized tirelessly and thus contributed to their return,” he added.<\/p>\n SON OF BRITISH COUPLE DETAINED IN IRAN ‘LET DOWN’ BY STARMER’S LEADERSHIP ON PARENT’S IMPRISONMENT AMID WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n A woman walks past posters of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, during support rallies outside the National Assembly in Paris on May 7, 2025, marking their three-year detention and demanding their release.<\/span> (Abdul Saboor\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran described Kohler<\/u><\/a> as the head of a federation of teachers unions in France, with Paris being her partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n France\u2019s foreign ministry said last May that Kohler and Paris were being detained as “state hostages by the Islamic Republic of Iran.”\u00a0<\/p>\n AFGHANISTAN FREES US CITIZEN DENNIS COYLE OVER A YEAR AFTER TALIBAN ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n French President Emmanuel Macron holds a press conference on July 10, 2025, in London, England.<\/span> (Leon Neal\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “They are being held in shameful conditions and have been able to\u00a0receive\u00a0only four consular visits<\/a>, under very restrictive conditions,” the ministry said at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Iranian authorities freed the pair from prison in November but\u00a0didn’t\u00a0let them leave the country, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Noemie Kohler, sister of Cecile Kohler, and Anne-Laure Paris, daughter of Jacques Paris, attend a press conference in Paris, France, on June 27, 2025. Both are relatives of French citizens held in Iran.<\/span> (Benoit Tessier\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n