“Freeing Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris is an absolute priority for us,“ Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.
Iran officially suspended its cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Wednesday.
The United States and other Western countries, along with Israel, accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon.
Israel has maintained ambiguity about its own atomic arsenal, neither officially confirming nor denying it exists, but the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates its arsenal amounts to 90 nuclear warheads.
The deal included the possibility of UN sanctions being reimposed through a mechanism called “snapback” if Iran failed to fulfil its commitments, an option that expires in October.
Kohler, 40, and Paris, her 72-year-old partner, have been held in Iran since May 2022 on espionage charges their families reject.
They were also accused of “corruption of Earth” and “plotting to overthrow the regime”, the sources said. All three charges carry the death penalty.
A French diplomatic source described the allegations as “completely unfounded”.
Three other Europeans, who have not been identified, have also been arrested in the wake of the current conflict, two of whom are accused of spying for Israel, according to the authorities. – AFP
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