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Two French citizens who spent more than three years imprisoned in Iran are now heading home, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday.<\/p>

Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are “free and on their way to France, after three and a half years of detention in Iran,” Macron wrote on the social media platform X.<\/p>

The news prompted French legislators to rise in a standing ovation when the announcement was shared at the National Assembly in Paris.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that two French nationals, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, have been released from Iranian detention after three and a half years. The announcement drew a standing ovation from French lawmakers in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775571698849.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-cAA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48977,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/french-president-greets-citizens-released-after-3-years-in-iranian-prison\/","url_meta":{"origin":48396,"position":0},"title":"French President Greets Citizens Released After 3+ Years in Iranian Prison","author":"Admin","date":"April 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Two French citizens returned home Wednesday after spending over three years detained in Iran on espionage charges that France called baseless. 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