US EditionICJ Drops France’s Case on Jailed Couple in Iran as Families Urge Action
France ended its International Court of Justice case to focus on diplomacy after Macron's UN meeting; Iran holds two French citizens accused of spying since May 2022.
- On September 25, 2025, France requested the International Court of Justice to close the case concerning the detention of two French nationals in Iran.
- The case began in May 2022 after Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris were arrested and accused of spying for Israel under a policy targeting French nationals in Iran.
- France repeatedly accused Iran of arbitrarily detaining the pair in harsh conditions without proper consular access while seeking their immediate release during a recent UN meeting.
- French President Macron said on X after meeting Iranian President Pezeshkian that "France will not abandon any of its children," and Iran did not oppose ending the court case.
- The case’s discontinuation aims to prevent irreparable harm amid reports of a prisoner swap nearing its final stage involving the detained French and an Iranian woman held in France.
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ICJ drops France’s case on jailed couple in Iran as families urge action
The International Court of Justice said on Thursday that it had dropped a case concerning the detention of two French nationals held in Iran since 2022 – at France's request. The lawyer for one of the families says the time has come for more urgent action to have them released.
The ICJ drops case against Iran over detained French nationals at Paris's request
The International Court of Justice said France had requested 'the discontinuance of the proceedings' and that this 'was not opposed by Iran.' The two French citizens, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, have been held in detention since May 2022, when they were arrested and accused of spying for Israel.
France Drops World Court Case Against Iran Over Detained Citizens
A view shows the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over three years, the court said Thursday. France has repeatedly accused Iran of holding Cecil…
ICJ drops case against Iran over detained French nationals
The International Court of Justice said Thursday that it had ended a case at France's request over the detention of two French citizens held in Iran. France had filed a petition against Tehran at the ICJ in May over the detention of Cecile Kohler, 40, and Jacques Paris, 72. It said the pair were held under a policy that targeted French nationals travelling in Iran "by accusing them of various offences relating to Iranian national security". Kohl…
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WTVBFrance drops World Court case against Iran over detained citizens
THE HAGUE - France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over three years, the court said Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
France annulled the proceedings against Iran concerning the detention of the two French teachers, following an exchange between Emmanuel Macron and the Iranian president.
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