France has initiated legal action against Iran at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning two French citizens, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, detained in Iran for three years on unsubstantiated espionage charges. The French government accuses Iran of failing to provide consular protection and describes their detention conditions as torturous, asserting that they are being held as “state hostages” among other Europeans during heightened tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. Kohler and Paris are regarded as the last known French detainees in Iran, with their families highlighting the harsh circumstances of their imprisonment.
