PARIS (AP) — Two French citizens imprisoned in Iran have been freed, France’s foreign minister said Friday.
Benjamin Briere and Bernard Phelan, who both had been held in a prison in Mashad, in northwest Iran, were heading to Paris, a statement from Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said.
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