French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris have returned to France after more than three years of detention in Iran. Their release followed weeks of talks with Tehran and was hailed as a major diplomatic success by French authorities. President Emmanuel Macron welcomed them at the Elysee presidential palace on Wednesday.
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Here's how to cope with in-flight anxietyWomen in perimenopause dealing with hot flashes and sleep issues are being courted to buy productsMichigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities closeIn post-WWII America, the Levittown house was a house for all — as long as you weren't BlackA project to save rural synagogues grows from Maine to MontanaTrump ha retrasado plazos para Irán, pero sugiere que éste es el últimoUS, Israel and Iran agree to a tentative ceasefire, even as the terms remain unclear How to get keep bones and muscles strongAt Middle Creek, timing and distance shape a photo of migrating geeseThis air conditioning strategy is the sweet spot for saving energy and money, experts sayWorries about flying seem to be taking off. Here's how to cope with in-flight anxietyWomen in perimenopause dealing with hot flashes and sleep issues are being courted to buy productsMichigan kids in mental health crisis sent out of state as facilities closeIn post-WWII America, the Levittown house was a house for all — as long as you weren't BlackA project to save rural synagogues grows from Maine to MontanaTrump ha retrasado plazos para Irán, pero sugiere que éste es el últimoJacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, speak to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, walk at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, walks with Jacques Paris, second from right, and Cecile Kohler, third from right, French nationals who was freed by Iran with Cecile Kohler after three and a half years in detention, and French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard, left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, centre right, greets Cecile Kohler, a French national who was freed by Iran with Jacques Paris, right, after three and a half years in detention, next to French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Cecile Kohler, a French national who were freed by Iran with Jacques Paris after three and a half years in detention, speaks to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, speak to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, speak to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, walk at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Jacques Paris, left, and Cecile Kohler, French nationals who were freed by Iran with after three and a half years in detention, walk at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, walks with Jacques Paris, second from right, and Cecile Kohler, third from right, French nationals who was freed by Iran with Cecile Kohler after three and a half years in detention, and French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard, left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, walks with Jacques Paris, second from right, and Cecile Kohler, third from right, French nationals who was freed by Iran with Cecile Kohler after three and a half years in detention, and French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard, left, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, centre right, greets Cecile Kohler, a French national who was freed by Iran with Jacques Paris, right, after three and a half years in detention, next to French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French President Emmanuel Macron, centre right, greets Cecile Kohler, a French national who was freed by Iran with Jacques Paris, right, after three and a half years in detention, next to French ambassador to Iran Pierre Cochard at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Cecile Kohler, a French national who were freed by Iran with Jacques Paris after three and a half years in detention, speaks to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. Cecile Kohler, a French national who were freed by Iran with Jacques Paris after three and a half years in detention, speaks to media at the Elysee Palace as they are hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France, April 8, 2026. French former detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Parisbetween the United States and Iran was announced to halt fighting that has rocked the region since Feb. 28. Their release was hailed as a major diplomatic success by French authorities.Arrested on soying charged, they were released from prison in Iran in November. However, the two had been holed up in French diplomatic premises in Tehran as Iranian authorities wouldn’t allow them to leave the country. Macron said they were given the green light to make their way back home on Tuesday.“We realize just how much we ‘narrowly escaped’, so to speak, because it could have been much worse,” Kohler told reporters Wednesday. “It’s been two days that we’ve been under strain, because we traveled by car, then by plane. We haven’t slept for two days,” she said. Kohler and Paris were driven from Iran to neighboring Azerbaijan, a journey that takes about 9 hours, before taking a flight to Paris, French authorities said. They were accompanied all the way by France’s ambassador to Tehran, Pierre Cochard. Macron’s office said their release is the outcome of a “long-term effort,” but talks accelerated in recent weeks due to pressure from the Iran war, giving a sense of urgency to the situation.from allies after deciding to launch the Iran war without consultation. “This is not our operation,” he told reporters during a visit to South Korea.The French leader was the first Western head of state to speak on March 8 with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian after the war erupted. Since then, they spoke on the phone twice, on March 15 and March 24. French authorities also thanked Oman for its mediation role to secure the release of Kohler and Paris. Omani authorities “made it possible, in the final stretch, to convey a certain number of messages within the Iranian system,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on France 2 national television. “On Sunday evening, Easter Sunday, I received a call from my counterpart, Iran’s foreign minister, confirming that the decision had been made on their side,” he said.Barrot said details of negotiations with Iran would remain “confidential.” However, Iran’s state-run agency IRNA reported Tuesday that Iran had reached an agreement with France for the release of both French citizens in exchange for Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari.Tehran has been pressing since last year for the release of Esfandiari, who was convicted in France on charges of inciting terrorism over comments she made about the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Esfandiari was sentenced in February to one year in prison with an additional three-year suspended sentence, along with a permanent ban from French territory. She appealed the decision. She has since been under house arrest, a measure that was lifted on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after it was made public that the two French nationals had left Iran, her lawyer Nabil Boudi told The Associated Press.Kohler and Paris thanked on Wednesday all those who helped them out of Iran.Paris said they felt “under constant threat” while in detention. “We had no right to read, no right to write. Whenever we left our cell, we were blindfolded,” he said. “One of the goals was likely to break us,” Paris added. “We are not broken. We will bear witness, we will speak out, and we will enjoy life again.”Corbet is an Associated Press reporter based in Paris. She covers French politics, diplomacy and defense as well as gender issues and breaking news.US, Israel and Iran agree to a tentative ceasefire, even as the terms remain unclear
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