Two French citizens imprisoned in Iran have been freed, French authorities have said. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, both of whom had been held in a prison.
France has welcomed home two men who were released from a prison in Iran. One had been held for three years on spying charges after taking photographs with a drone while the other was detained seven months ago while doing consultancy work for a travel company.
PARIS (AP) A French citizen and another holding dual French-Irish nationality have been freed from an Iranian prison, French authorities said Friday, the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring them home. Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a prison in Mashhad, in northeast Iran, were heading to Paris, […]