France will submit a legal problem on Friday versus Iran at the International Court of Justice for breaking the right to consular security, foreign ministry spokesperson Christophe Lemoine stated on Thursday.
2 French people, Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, have actually been kept in Iran for 3 years.
France is implicating Iran of keeping them in conditions comparable to abuse in Tehran’s Evin jail and not permitting appropriate consular security.
Iranian authorities reject these allegations.
Talking to press reporters, Christophe Lemoine stated Paris would submit a problem with the global court, which is based in The Hague.
The couple’s arrest in Might 2022
French authorities have actually strengthened their language towards Iran, especially over the improvement of its nuclear program and local activities, however likewise the detention of European people in the nation.
Iranian state tv had actually aired a video a long time after the couple’s arrest in Might 2022, with them appearing to admit to acting upon behalf of French intelligence services, something unconditionally rejected by Paris.
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