PARIS (AP) — Two French residents imprisoned in Iran have been freed, France’s international minister mentioned Friday.
Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who each had been held in a jail in Mashad, in northwest Iran, have been heading to Paris, a press release from International Minister Catherine Colonna mentioned.
Colonna “thanked all those that labored for his or her freedom” and spoke earlier Friday with Iranian Minister of International Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the assertion mentioned with out elaborating.
Briere, 38, was arrested in Could 2020 for taking pictures with a drone in an space the place cameras have been forbidden. He was convicted of spying, then reportedly acquitted this yr.
Phelan, 64, was arrested seven months in the past whereas visiting Iran for consulting actions for a tour firm, in keeping with French every day newspaper Le Parisien.
Practically a half-dozen different French residents are regarded as held in Iranian prisons.