President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released an Iranian threatened with extradition to the US.
Macron “is happy to announce the release of Roland Marchal, imprisoned in Iran since June 2019” but he “urges the Iranian authorities to immediately free” fellow researcher Fariba Adelkhah, his office said.
France has for months demanded that Iran release Adelkhah, and her partner Marchal, who was detained last year accused of plotting against national security. Their trial began in early March.
Adelkhah is a citizen of both Iran and France, but Tehran does not recognize dual nationality.
Iran has in recent months carried out prisoner exchanges with the US, Australia, and Germany.
Marchal is due in France later Saturday, according to Macron’s office.
The Iranian judiciary’s news agency Mizan Online reported Iranian Jallal Rohollah nejad had been freed by France on Friday.
On Saturday, Jallal Rohollah Nejad, reunites with his family at the Tehran international airport.
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