France Sues Iran at Top UN Court over Citizens Detained in Tehran

France sues Iran at ICJ for holding two French nationals hostage

France filed a lawsuit against Iran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, seeking the release of two detained French nationals. The two individuals, a modern literature teacher named Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, were detained as state hostages by the Islamic Republic of Iran on May 8, 2022, while visiting the country as tourists. They have been in detention ever since. The lawsuit condemns Iran’s hostage-taking p…

Because of a French couple detained in Iran for three years, France is moving to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

For years, Iran has been holding tourists hostage to blackmail Western states. France has now sued the Islamic Republic before the International Court of Justice for two imprisoned compatriots.

France sues Iran at ICJ over citizens ‘held hostage’ for 3 years

Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister said.

France to file case against Iran over citizens' detention

France will file a case at the World Court on Friday against Iran for violating the right to consular protection, foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said on Thursday, a bid to pressure Iran over the detention of two French citizens.

Arrested for Singing While Female, in “My Orange Garden”

In Anna-Sophia Richard’s short documentary, a woman sentenced to prison for singing in public in Iran both grapples with repression and longs for home.