They will not be silent “Until the walls of their prison are cracking and brought them back among us”proclaims Muriel at the microphone. This Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at the end of the afternoon, in front of the town hall of Tours at the end of Wednesday, around twenty people responded to the call of the Liberté for Cécile association, asking for the liberation of Cécile Kohler and her companion Jacques Paris. They have been detained for exactly three years in Iran, where they had gone on vacation and had been arrested on May 7, 2022. On the spot, they are suspected of spying.
Similar rallies have taken place everywhere in France, in Poitiers or Niort in particular. “They are under very high surveillance, in an 8 m cell2 With only three small outings of it per week, but we do not know what they are accused of. They are deprived of freedom and contacts ”regrets Grégoire Hamelin, Departmental Secretary Force Ouvrière. “But today, it is neither politics nor the unions, we are there for the association Liberté pour Cécile”specifies another.
“We wonder in what state they are”
“Cécile, I have known her for ten years. She is a superb woman. It’s awful what happens to them, I think about it a lot ”resumes Muriel, who also quotes an eight -minute call from Cécile to her family Monday May 5: “Cécile said she thanked everyone and asked that we insist for his release. If it does not go crazy, it is thanks to support and mobilization. »» President Emmanuel Macron also spoke of the couple’s fate this Wednesday on social networks, ensuring that “France acts tirelessly to obtain their release. I assure their families of our unwavering support and salutes the mobilization of our fellow citizens. »»
Too late support for some, including Alain, a relative of Jacques Paris. “It’s been three years and we wonder in what state of physical and mental health they are”he deplores. On papers and stickers, all ask for the release of the couple of teachers. And the end of 1,095 days of detention.
