Cécile Kohler et Jacques Paris libres et en route pour la France

Après plus de trois ans de détention en Iran, Cécile Kohler et Jacques Paris sont désormais complètement libres. Ils ont quitté Téhéran par la route mardi à l’aube et se trouvent en Azerbaïdjan, en chemin vers Paris où ils arriveront mercredi. Emmanuel Macron a annoncé la nouvelle et remercié les médiateurs omanais.

Cécile Kohler et Jacques Paris ont mis un terme à un calvaire de trois ans et demi. Après plus de quatre mois d’assignation à résidence à l’ambassade de France à Téhéran, le couple a quitté l’Iran par voie terrestre mardi à l’aube, dans un convoi diplomatique accompagné de l’ambassadeur Pierre Cochard.

Mardi après-midi, ils se trouvaient en Azerbaïdjan, selon l’entourage de Jean-Noël Barrot, ministre des Affaires étrangères. Leur arrivée à Paris est prévue pour mercredi.

Emmanuel Macron a confirmé leur libération sur le réseau X : « Ils sont libres et en chemin vers le territoire français ». Le président a exprimé un soulagement partagé par leurs familles et remercié les autorités omanaises pour leur médiation, ainsi que les services de l’État et les citoyens mobilisés.

Cette libération intervient aux termes d’un accord avec Téhéran, marquant la fin d’une longue période de détention pour ces deux Français.

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