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

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.

Paris v Teheran on the "State Hostages." This morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, announced that France is denouncing today against Iran at the International Court of Justice (CIJ) for violation of the right to consular protection. Two French, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, have been detained for three years in section 209 of the very high-security prison in Evin, near Tehran, reserved for political prisoners (the same w…