President Macron announces that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in Islamic republic
Senegalese dancer Alioune Diagne performs during a gathering at Trocadero square in Paris, February 11, 2020, calling for the release of French scientists Fariba Adelkhah and Roland Marchal imprisoned in Iran.
France has for months demanded that Iran release Adelkhah and her partner Marchal, who were detained in June 2019, accused of plotting against national security. Their trial began in early March.Iran has in recent months carried out prisoner exchanges with the US, Australia and Germany.Iranian judiciary's news agency Mizan Online reported Iranian Jallal Rohollahnejad had been freed by France on Friday. Iranian state TV later said he was already on a flight back to Tehran.
"Taking into account the cooperation of the judicial system's intention to release a French detainee through reducing sentences, the French government" freed the Iranian engineer "in an act of mutual cooperation", according to the report.Adelkhah, an anthropologist and expert on Shia Islam, faces charges of "propaganda against the system" and "colluding to commit acts against national security", according to the researchers' lawyer, Said Dehghan.
The death toll in the Islamic republic rose by 149 to 1,433, according to the latest official figures released on Friday.Ahead of Iran's celebration of the Persian New Year starting Friday, authorities had released a number of international prisoners.He was handed over in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad to a team from Switzerland, which represents US interests in the absence of diplomatic relations, and flown to the capital Tehran, the US State Department said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
September switch saves French Open but leaves organisers isolatedIn an announcement that came out of the blue on Tuesday, the French Tennis Federation said they were moving the tournament to between September 20 from its May start because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Read more »
Macron's popularity jumps as French approve of coronavirus responseFrench President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating jumped to a more than ...
Read more »
U.S. to Iran: Coronavirus won't save you from sanctionsThe United States sent Iran a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronav...
Read more »
Khamenei says U.S. sanctions forced Iran to become 'self-sufficient'Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a live speech on state TV for t...
Read more »
Unity will help Iran overcome coronavirus, Rouhani saysIranians will overcome a coronavirus outbreak with unity, President Hassan Rouha...
Read more »
Coronavirus live updates: In Iran a person dies every 10 minutes, US unemployment spikes“We have to make sure that we’re prepared to come out of this dip.” Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the tech business.
Read more »