On May 7, 2022, Cécile Kohler, associate teacher of modern letters, French teacher in a high school of Yvelines, and her companion Jacques Paris, former professor of math, on a tourist trip to Iran, were arrested on the road to the airport in Tehran. A journey that the couple dreamed of and which turned into a nightmare. Both are accused of “spying” by the Iranian regime.
“We remain determined to continue fighting”
“After three years, it’s difficult, we are tired, we are exhausted, we are also sometimes desperate, but we remain determined to continue fighting to obtain their release. We know that their forces are annoying “confided this March 25 Noémie Kohler, sister of Cécile, while the portraits of the two hostages were hung on the gates of the National Assembly, in Paris.
“Their life is in danger”: on the initiative of associations, rallies are organized everywhere in France to request the release of the two hostages. In Lyon, the meeting is given this Wednesday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Place de la Comédie.
In March, the Frenchman Olivier Grondau, who had been detained in Iran since October 2022, was finally released. “Our mobilization will not weaken: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris must be released Iranian jails ”then underlined the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron.
